Fletching jigs and accuracy and feathers

[Stumpkiller]

Here's a scenario. Two hunters: Bob and Bill.

Bob is a target shooter and he sets up his ground blind 8 months ahead of the season in a spot he scouted the fall prior where two well-worn deer trails intersect.  And he won't be back in the woods until season opens because he spends his weekends at target shoots.  He clears a few lanes and makes a comfy little seat out of a log.  Come opening day he is on his log at first light and at 9:30 AM sees a deer at 35 yards and puts an arrow through both lungs.

Bill is a bowhunter and gets up opening day and camos up, dabbing some facepaint on and laces up his stalking boots.  He heads out before first light and spends a half hour quietly moving in to a good area where he saw some pre-rut scraping and rubs while out stump shooting earlier that month.  At first light, after letting the woods "rest" a while, he begins moving slowly and, after 30 minutes, he spots a glimpse of antler moving beyond a hemlock.  He side-steps to a tall opening and, when the buck takes two more steps, puts an arrow through both lungs at 9 yards.

Who is the better hunter?  Answer: neither.  They just have different styles.  Though I would tend to consider Bill a true hunter and not just a bushwacker.            But in nature both jaguars (ambushers) and cheetahs (chasers) get to eat.