Yes indeed, strictly bowhunt! Like most on this thread, the passion bow hunting brings is about skill and knowledge of whitetails and there habitat!

Like pro hunter Greg Miller, [proven whitetail tactics], great book, the passion and his preference is the bow and arrow. Adding taking only mature bucks, you have all the work and skills at your own ability. To take consistently mature bucks with a bow is the ultimate challenge few will ever experience! Most will never achieve this because of the tremendous personal challenge, skill mature whitetails command.

First thing needed, is to find where there are! There bedding grounds and time. They are out there and indeed on public land.

The high tech bows cannot get much better than they are today! It comes down to you, own dedication and persistent attitude with support of family and friends.

My own consideration, outside of a bow and 3rd year not being able to ambush one particular BIG tropy buck is the thought of getting Big Boy next season with a one shot black powder Knight Revolution. However, it just would not make me feel the same as if I got him with my Conquest 3.

I could not place an accurate number of whitetails that may have been put in the freezer with a firearm. But I know of one I did over twenty years ago. Since then, it has been just me and my bow. We all need to share this sport of the bowhunt with a new archer each and every year. Sponsor a fellow co-worker and his son, daughter on your next hunt. Set them up, teach them the sport of archery and the challenge it offers.