Lots of deer come down to my rivers I fish during the season. I bought an Over/under.......a .270 cal. on top, and a flyrod on the bottom.

missed a shot at the biggest deer I've seen thus far in my life. a hard shot, but a missed shot nonetheless. i'm starting to think a journey back to the river may be a nice relief...

Ten reasons to deer hunt rather than fly fish;
1. The tag expires. Otherwise, most of society would collapse with year long hunting seasons and our daily pursuit of deer.
2. Doing something stupid in the woods does not involve onlookers and fly line.
3. It's too cold for your wife.
4. You can feed many more people with one deer than with one fish.
5. Fish don't have antlers.
6. Whatever "wet wading" is, it sounds well, wet, and cold.
7. You don't look nearly as cool straddling a fish in a photo.
8. Guns/bows are more accurate than fishing rods.
9. Trout jerky, no thanks.
10. Instead of angry birds, try hill climb racer.

Good post, made me laugh!
Yesterday as I sit on a ridge above one of my favorite little backwoods streams waiting for a buck that never showed I caught myself staring at the water reminiscing over the big wild brookie I caught a couple months ago out of the run below me. I love to hunt but I consider myself more of a fisherman than a hunter.

#11. Here in PA deer rifle season is only 2 weeks long so a lot of the popular streams are pretty much vacant.

You can take a nap while fishing. Just tie a little bell onto your fishing pole. Can't really tie a bell on the end of your rifle.

@Huntnow

Tell Jesus that you can feed more people with a deer.

I grew up hunting, and was passionate enough it almost cost me the marriage a few times (36 years and counting, to a wonderfull woman that allows me my outdoor addictions, after all, it keeps me out of the bars). But as I get older, I too find myself liking fishing more than hunting as well. Brings back memories of a Duck Hunt on a high plains lake, sunny day, not a bird in the sky, and trout rising to a midge hatch in our decoy spread. Of course we had no fishing gear, only all the junk that goes along with decoying ducks on public water, blinds, decoys, guns, ammo, cammo, robo-ducks, extra clothes and two lab retrievers that wondered why we were there........