my point was that some folks NEVER go to the point of only hunting older aged bucks.
I bow hunted before I ever gun hunted, started in 1964? at Oak Mountain Park hunt. Bowhunted only till 1967. Gun and bow from then on. I've always hunted with both, sometimes depending on the terrain hunted, but I have bow hunted way more than gun hunted over the years. My goal with a bow is the same as with a gun..mature bucks or a doe.