Just reading the initial post I would say I fall into the "hunt with anything legal" category. In Oregon you have to pick which weapon you will shoot for that given game animal.

If you get an archery tag for deer then you are a bowhunter for deer all season unless you draw a special tag in a drawing for doe's only. This is why I am a bowhunter who enjoys hunting with a rifle, muzzleloader, bow, shotgun, when the urge suits me. I do have to give up being a bowhunter to hunt with a rifle but it�s worth it to me for the hunt.


This is why I am going on a rifle elk hunt this year.


"A .358 Norma Mag is not for everyone but then again Bear hunting isn't either."

Unknown Bear guide on the Kodiak coast