I think it is easier to kill a deer with a crossbow since it's already drawn and you don't have to anchor etc. etc. I will be the first to admit I don't think the two accomplishments are equal and there is an even greater disparity, IMO, between guns and bows. BUT...................I think it's a whole new ball game when I let my "predjudice" or elitism convince me that I have the right to decide how others should be able to hunt. JMO