Dave,
I went 50/50 although I've only bowhunted for 2 years and have yet to score. Last year I hunted 2 weeks into the rifle opener with my bow, saw plenty of does and one non-shooter buck but none of them in bow range. Frustrated I took my rifle. Had an eight point come out withing 30 yards that I would have been proud to take with my bow but I let him walk. After he left a doe showed up at 20 yards, dropped her. I was kicking myself for not taking my bow that day but I have a feeling they wouldn't have showed up if I hadn't had the Savage. This year I'm telling myself that I'm bowhunting until I score, but if the rut comes around and there's nothing in the freezer the Savage is probably coming back out.

I hunt more often with a bow, especially since you cant gun hunt on Sundays in NC, but I do prefer the gun over the bow. Fire power, the smell of gun powder, waiting for that perfect shot at long range. MAN!!! I cant wait til deer season!!!!!

I went 50/50. I definitely get really excited for bowhunting in the early fall, but as November inches closer I start getting excited for gun season. I'm attracted to both for different reasons. Bow requires more raw skill, patience, and to me is a much more personal and intimate hunting experience. But it's also fun walking through thick brush with a shotgun, waiting to jump a deer and get off a quick shot (or, in the case of some of us, shots).

I'm a gun hunter, but i would like to try bow hunting because its a challenge i would like to take.

50-50

I accomplish the exact same thing weather I’m out in the woods hunting with a rifle or a bow. It goes a lot farther than the weapon I’m hunting with. I’ve killed more deer with my rifle than with my bow, however, every deer I’ve ever shot means a lot more to me than what weapon I’ve killed it with. I’d have to say 50/50.

I said 50/50 because its what I am kinda forced to do. I am bowhunting this year for the second time in 8 years. Just moved to kansas from colorado and the bow season here is nice and long. So, probably alot of shotgun for birds, a rifle for deer and a bunch of bow for the 3.5 month long season.

Bowhunting is a lot of fun, but I love guns and hunting with them. Besides, I mostly hunt in west Texas. It's tough to hang a bow stand in the mesquites. What and where I'm hunting has a lot to do with my preference. I love to hunt the rut. Since our rifle season covers that, I tend to use a gun. When I hunt elk, I like to use a bow, since the rut is during bow season.

Being in the woods during bow season is relaxing, but I still prefer my T/C Renegade .50cal. cap lock for most of my deer hunting. Accurate, deadly, and you always have that small question in the back of your mind when you pull the trigger; "Will it fire again this time?" to keep you honest.

I've bowhunted since I was 14, I'm 44 now. I've gun hunted for deer since I was 16. I cut my deer hunting teeth while hunting with a bow and also shotgun only, everything's always been about gettin' close. I don't know if its because I'm getting older or what, but I seem to be totally intrigued with rifle hunting for deer now. I used to scorn rifle hunters, thinking it's no challenge. Now I can't stop thinking about still hunting for whitetails with a 7mm-08 on a snowy brisk morning. That's what I'm into now.

25-75 Lets hunt!!!

I hunted with a bow for a few years, but really I am not proud of my accomplishments. Most everyone I know who hunts with a bow loses more deer than they kill. I do not feel right flinging an arrow through a deer and watching it disappear over the nearest hill and wondering how many coyotes will be feeding on its half dead carcass before the sun rises again. Besides, our gun season lasts over two months and you can kill 3 does a day.

I guess I envy the people who can bow hunt successfully. Maybe if I was 30 years younger I would be more enthusiastic about it. I am now 0% bow...

LaBowman,
I'm game. Took my first bull with a bow last September. Came in bugling, stopped at 20 yards, and turned broadside for me. Incredible experience--and I'm still eating elk 3 days a week.

I have absolutely no interest in shooting an animal with a bow. I get buck fever, ram fever, mule deer fever, or turkey fever when ever an animal shows up. It could be 400 yards or 14.

I'd rather the coverage be 50/50. And to be honest I hardly watch any hunting shows anymore. I love Best fo the West & Nosler's Magnum TV because its about rifles. Too many shows today are about cross bow and compound bows.

I went 50/50 even though I only hunt with a rifle, however I have nothing against bowhunting. Gunhunters and bowhunters both have my support. In the area I hunt I would estimate a population of 20-25 whitetails per section (640 acres), and there are probably more. So keep in tune with your weapons and have fun hunting.