i was tired of getting into clubs that in my opinion were "brown and down clubs" built their clubs around food plots that deer never came too.
I have always used a bow, but would go to gun later on.
Land opportunity is few and far between. I have always known about wheeler wildlife refugee, but never saw any deer on it driving by. Finally I got sucked in once and saw deer my first day. I probably went 20 times and did not see deer on 3 occasions.
Hunting a bow is less opportunistic, but that allows for the bucks to get bigger. I saw a nice 4.5 year old 8 pointer last year late in the season. Was not able to get a shot on him, but hopefully I will this year!
If that is all I can do, then I'll stick to it. It will make that trophy buck mean that much more to me.