the excitment takin a deer or turkey or any game animal with a gun as opposed to a bow, in my opinion is uncomparable. bow hands down!
that's why I don't gun hunt anymore.

daytona 500 winner- Ward Burton
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I've always viewed it like the difference between flyfishing and regular spincast or baitcast fishing.

I still get the enjoyment out of catching the fish either way, but catching them on a hand-tied fly and a fly rod seems more like an art than the alternative.

To fool a fish as natural as possible in a prestine state as possible is truely mother nature at her finest.

In bowhunting, you need to fool their nose (one of the most effective senses known in the animal kingdom)...you need to judge distance much more accurately, you need physical strength to pull back the string...in most gun hunting...you just need to be in the right place at the right time and to shoot straight.

I do do both and enjoy them both, but on much different levels.

Wolfen, my friend, did I hear you right? <img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle> &quot;maybe not on little button bucks like the one you shot at 10 yards, and how about the challenge of drawing on a deer at 5 yards?&quot;

In other posts I have said this is my first season back since 1987. I bowhunted avidly for three years before 87 and thats when all of my friends were shooting the newly legal crossbow. In that last year hunting the Felsenthal Wildlife Refuge river bottoms of South Arkansas that same Golden Eagle took two deer. The First was a small spread 10 point at 20 yards and the second was an eight point with an 18 inch spread taken from 10 yards. Yes I have drawn on horns and stick by the original post.

Both are a challenge. When the challenge ceases I will probably put down the bow and gun. <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Hey, size may not matter but it sure IS nice!

I get only Sept. to bowhunt so if I don't get anything then I rifle hunt. I NEED THE MEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Plus I'm a religious coyote hunter and if I limited myself to bow my annual kills would go from around 60-80 to 6-8.....

&quot;What we do in this life echos an eternity&quot;

I still do both, but the intensity is much greater with a bow. I used to be a primary gun hunter, and a bowhunter second. Now it's just the opposite. I primarily bowhunt all season. The main reason I break out the gun is when my kids go with me, or if I'm really having a bad season bowhunting and I want to put some meat in the freezer, then I'll break out the rifle. To answer your question, to me, the rifle is nowhere near as challenging or exciting as having a deer in as close as 20' in front of you and having to draw on him and shoot him without getting busted.

I myself would bever give up bowhunting for rifle hunting. Huntng with a shotgun is easy enough more less a rifle. I just love bowhunting though because you have to think.

great news, very helpful,,,,, thanks guys!!