Originally Posted By: BhamFred
I have hunted with a spear...challenge level is out the roof. Prolly 50X harder than bowhunting with a longbow.

A LOT of hunters don't see 5 year old bucks as THE BAR, gun or bow. I think you are way off the point....


Not off point at all since one of the original questions was about bow hunters killing so many with a gun its no longer a challenge. Hunters usually progress through stages as has been discussed on here. Kill any buck, then become selective, then even more selective. Then some quit, some go to bow hunting, some just concentrate on others hunting. But for someone to go to bow hunting and say gun hunting is no challenge has not progressed to the point of only hunting older aged bucks. And to the original question, the challenge of gun hunting is still there if the hunter chooses that route. If not, the hunter just chose a way he enjoys more...which is just fine.