I agree with kenman, well except the "better hunter" part. I hunt almost exclusively in NH, the biggest difference in the deer I shot between bow and gun? About 20 yards. Sure, I have not gotten shots at deer this fall with my bow that had I had a gun it was a dead deer (like a 6 ptr at 25 yards for 30 minutes,ugggg, no shot), but hunting is hunting and saying folks in one part of the country are better or worse isn't right, not better or worse, just different.

around here a 100 yard shot is LONG with a rifle. We just can't see that far for the most part, but there are spots where you can and deer are shot WELL out of bow range all the time. Most are shot inside 50-60 though, yup, out of bow range, but in gun range.

It's different and honestly it is easier with the gun, but it still isn't a gimmie, at least around here.

To each his own,keep it legal and safe out there1

I kinda agree with all of you. As cheesy as it is to say....

Yes bowhunting isharder. its a challenge. I've bowhunted since I was 9 and have never scored on a whitetail.

I gun hunt because it's still a challenge, but if I spend a week in the woods, there WILL be venison in the freezer. I gun hunt because of the time spent with my Dad. I gun hunt because it's one more reason to be in the woods.

Don't knock me because I likely will get skunked with a bow this year, just like every year past, so I pick up a gun to put meat on the table.

It's been years since a real wall-hanger was killed on our place, probably a decade. But I still hunt, and I still enjoy every moment, every breath of cold fresh air, and every whisper of noise out inthose pastures.Doesn't matter wether I have a gun or a bow in my hand.

I don't hunt for the "challenge", I hunt for the experience.

I dont hunt to have killed and proven myself to others or to measure my skill against others.

I hunt to have experienced Gods grace and beauty, and played my intended part in his design, aspredator.

Gun or bow, neither changes my place, my part in all this. Neither makes me feel any bigger or more significant while standingin God'smountains.

Again with the "My way is the best (only way)".... a common theme as of late!

Together we stand....Divided we fall !

Well GR8......I never said I wouldn't defend your/anyone's right to hunt in any legal and ethical manner you choose.

I stated my opinion ontwo types of"hunting".

That's all.

Jeff

What kills me is the trophy bucks being taken on deer drives. Let me first state what SB said:
That's a very good way of putting it. However I do have an opinion on the 2 different methods. It just seems disturbing to me that you can hunt a mature buck for months (years)with a bow trying to outwit him. You see him in his natural enviroment and try to pattern him. Then you hear about him being shot during a deer drive in gun season. The buck that you put every ounce of your energy during bow season to kill, ultimately gets it by 15 guys plowing through the thickets to kick him to one of the "shooters" standing at the edge of a cut corn field to pick him off running mach 10. Again I'm not trying to bash gun hunters. It just seems like 2 different worlds of hunting to me. When it comes down to it I will also defend any legal method of hunting. Doesnt' mean I have to be thrilled about it.[8D]

Damn Buckeye, I hate Tressel, LOL
I can not stand with you until we beat you again!! Until you fire that great coach(who I think is the best in college) we do not have a chance.

I have 0 desire to gun hunt, but I will always support all hunting!!
Just not Buckeye's for awhile, I am still bent[:@]

I dont pull out the rifles until mid Dec. My land is surrounded by rifle hunters. The rifle season starts in Nov. here, so by the time Dec. roles around the deer have been shot at endlessly. The outfitters are the ones I get bent with. They bring out clients every day and harvest lots of deer, reducing the numbers and keeping everyting stired up. The deer do not get a single days break in Texas. To much money to be made by outfitters.[:@] I still have one buck tag left, if I do not fill it by the end of this month, ill probably pull out a rifle and join the crowd.

NY.....have you ever participated in a deer drive?? a REAL deer drive...not a push em all out with man power and plow em all down by the sheer number of guns. sure with enough drivers and enough shooters you will beable to push out every deer out there and get them all to the shooters. the only way i gunhunt IS drives. ill stand in the mornings. we drive after lunch time. but we get beat more then we win. we scout our deer harder than alot of bowhunters do(plus a couple of us ARE bowhunters!). we plan our drives. we plan anticipated exscape routes to put standers..and lastly is the sheer legwork. we dont hunt with alot of guys. a small group. average of about 8 id say. big days like saturdays we might have 10-15 but alot of them end up being kids we have to watch and we usually see less becuase we end up with a few walkers and a bunch of standers. ive never had an EASY deer drive. exspecially big bucks. they are the hardest to get killed. they are ALWAYS one step ahead of you wether your gun hunting or bowhunting. thats how they got big! ...too many guys knock deer drives..ill admit i did..until i started participating in them. i found out i was out of shape and it wasnt easy. alot of deer never knew we were there and alot of them blew out the back doors..

i love bowhunting...but didnt tag my buck this year. monday ill be perched 25foot high in the same area i bowhunted. if i shoot the biggun im after ill still smile. i will still had to watch the wind, i will still had to be scent free, i did the scouting and know he frequents the area, i put in the time etc. he may be out of bowrange or in thick stuff or running and i stop him and hes alert..all of which make him nearly impossible for a bowshot...but youll see my smiling face in the pics!

guessI REALLY stink....im a bow AND gun hunter...dang i might as well just bought a crossbow..

never seen mostly older mature guys bash people so much and this post just crawled under my skin...in the end were all hunters. guess im not good enough to visit the bowhunting forum since im a deer driving gun hunter!

you guys wouldnt complain when that big buck you been gettin beat by for years comes out of our drive and you stick an arrow in him..and our group will even help you track it and drag it! we done it before for other hunters that shot deer from our drives!!

see ya later..time to go get the MAUSER ready for monday morning!