I don't have a problem with any of the above, as long as it is legal, the person enjoys it, and is dedicating themselves to the task.
My first deer with a bow, I shot instinctive, shooting fingers at about 25 yards.
When I bow hunt I don't use a stand, but spot-n-stalk, whether it be whitetail, mule deer or antelope. Why? I like the challenge of it
I have a long bow and an old compound (Fingers since the 80's, but went to a release 2 years ago). I also hunt sometimes with a revolver and and semi-auto every now and then.
I know I am good enough to be deadly with iron sights, as I have proven that to myself in tactical matches where distances go out to 50 yards, wearing a pack in the hills, and under the clock. Of course I practice further than that.
I just prefer optics, and as my eyes get older, I like them more every day
I like the single-shots.
Some like the challenge of a revolver with iron or optics-Great!
I like the challenge of distance, wind, and angle. It is what brings me pleasure.
I don't hunt to survive. I hunt because I enjoy it.
It may surprise some, but last year I took one antelope under 200 yards, and another one under 300 yards. My longest kill in 2010 was 496 yards (mule deer)
The year before I took game at 420, 600, and 1037 yards.
Each time, I hunted a specific way because it is the way I wanted to do it.
The year before that, I took both a muley and a antelope with a FA revolver-both shots under 65 yards. Why? I wanted to hunt that way!
I think it is a foolish assumption to think that a person hunts a certain way because they don't have the skills to do it another way.
That may be true of some, but not all people fit in that box.
Everyone has a right to their opinion, but that does not necessarily or automatically mean that their opinion has anything to do with the truth.
It may simply be based on their emotions-fine with me as long as they do not try to impose or enforce that on others.
