A longtime Pennsylvania resident, Eva Jeanne Markosky holds a bachelor of science in energy business and finance from Pennsylvania State University in State College. She has served several different engineering positions with the Markosky Engineering Group in Ligonier. Outside of the workplace, Eva Jeanne Markosky enjoys hunting for whitetail deer and other wild game using either a rifle or a bow.
When it comes to accuracy and efficiency, rifle hunting is indisputably preferable to bow hunting. In other words, rifle hunters can generally strike and kill wild game far easier and at considerably longer distances than bow hunters can.
However, bow hunting still offers many distinct advantages. The flash and report of a rifle shot is likely to scare away any game in the area even if a rifle has a silencer. A bow twang, by contrast attracts no visual attention and is far more quiet. In many regions, bow hunting seasons are often longer than rifle hunting seasons. Hunters also turn to bow hunting for the sheer physical and mental challenge of it.
When it comes to accuracy and efficiency, rifle hunting is indisputably preferable to bow hunting. In other words, rifle hunters can generally strike and kill wild game far easier and at considerably longer distances than bow hunters can.
However, bow hunting still offers many distinct advantages. The flash and report of a rifle shot is likely to scare away any game in the area even if a rifle has a silencer. A bow twang, by contrast attracts no visual attention and is far more quiet. In many regions, bow hunting seasons are often longer than rifle hunting seasons. Hunters also turn to bow hunting for the sheer physical and mental challenge of it.