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I would agree with that.

If someone bet me $500 to kill a deer and I had a choice between the first week of bow season or the first week ofgun season to do it in......... I'd pick the first week of bowseason 10 out of 10 times.

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LOL.....this is hilarious.:D Is it the weapon? Or....is it the time of year?

NY....if they also gave you the choice of weapon to use.....which one would you choose?

I give up. You smokepolers have me outnumbered. I'm gonna do it one day...just to see what all the fuss is about. I'd even go to some hard-pressured public land, here.....but to tell you the truth....I don't even know where that is. As far as I know....I don't have public hunting land within an hour of me.

Now take that highly pressured, first week of gun season.....and you have the choice of bow or gun. Which one's "easier", now?;)

We'r ein a bowhunting forum asserting that "Bow kills are easier". It's not unheard of that there would be opposition to that assertion.

But I'm done......

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You're right it halirous. If it's so easy, we should probably change seasons with the gun hunters. Let them have the month-4 months that some states give a bowhunter and we get the 2 weeks the gun hunters get. It seems only fair. LOL Maybe this bowhunting should be equated to hunting in cages if it's so easy. Maybe we should just do away with it all together since it's so easy and no contest. Yes sir, I could save a ton of money on arrows and stands and all that stuff. Heck, if you want a real challenge you'll take up the gun again and get rid of these kid's Robinhood toys.

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Is it me or is Davemill and GMMAT agreeing with each other:)

Gun season is harder, because of what is going on around you. You can be the greatest gun hunter in the world, but if you are surrounded by morons good luck.
Same goes with bowhunting, my succes has little to do with me, and more to do what happens around me. Last four years pressure has been light, not this year. It's been dry and folks are out cutting wood, etc. Tonight i had neighbors target shooting down the river 25 shots in 1 hour[&:] Dad was out cutting wood, I did see some deer, right before dark.

As for weapon and all things being equal, well do I even need to answer?

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Obviously it's the time of year
"you smokepolers"? I haven't heard a gun go bang in I dont' know how many years.Nice of you to put yourself on that almighty pedestal once again though.



That's all fine and dandy and I get what you're saying. Take that same piece of property........ Is it easier to kill a deer in the first week of bowseason with a bowor the first week of gun season with a gun??

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I don't care WHO uses a gun NY....I'm not on any pedestal, either. I know "hilarious" when I see it, though. I wasn't lumping you (specifically) in or singling me( specifically....and on a pedestal) out, either.

I see what you're saying...and I'll say I have NO IDEA of what hunting high pressured deer is like. I can't answer your question, intelligently. No one will answer mine, PERIOD.

That's OK.....have a good one.

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The way this post was phrased is causing some confusion.

I don't think BM is referring to a choice of weapon, as obviously it is a little "easier" to kill a deer at
100 yards with a rifle. :D

It is really the choice of season - pressure / time of year.

Even that being said, gun hunting is a lot easier where I'm at b/c during the rut and cold weather
(from November on) you can hunt with rifle or bow and everybody is out there anyway with rifles.
All things being equal, a bow is a lot more difficult IMO.

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We all are so hung up on which weapon is "easier" but I think it really boils down the person behind the weapon. A guy that is a good hunter can probably have a better than averagechance atkilling deerany time of the season with his bow or his gun by selecting good stands, actually being able to take a shot is the last part of a good hunt. When I bowhunt during the firearms season I make sure to hunt stands I will likely get bow shots.

This is one of "those" topics,everyone has an opinion based on how they hunt and what they seeand none are really wrong just different. On a side note there was a thread the other day titledBows for Defense and for the record I would want to have a gun in that situation even if Bow Kills Are Easier.;)

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It's so obvious!!
I've been gun hunting for 26 years, bow hunting for 21 years, and "all things being equal", a gun is so much easier, but things aren't equal. I've seen 10x as many deer bow hunting, as I have gun hunting, but I'veshot more than twice as many with a gun! The seasons are so different, you can hardly compair them!
I'm sure there are areas where hunting with a gun is harder than hunting with a bow, because of the pressure, but northern MN is not one of those areas!

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