Gun or Bow

[noodle one]

Is it just me or are there others out there that feel the same way? I am talking about how the meat taste and also how much more tender from bow killed deer. I have hunted for many years and have taken many deer with gun and just as many with bow. I bone out and cut up my own deer. If I had to chose between a bow killed deer to one that has been killed with agun, I would pick the bow kill every time. To me they just taste better. What do you say ?

[fasteddie]

I have never noticed any difference .

[biggamefish]

  I am with fasteddie on this one.  I have never noticed a difference in the meat from either.

[jimbodwb]

Maybe knowing you took it with a bow subconsciously makes it taste better.

[skyzmine]

  I am with fasteddie on this one.  I have never noticed a difference in the meat from either.

Same here, No change for me. allways the same taste.

[WNYBuckHunter]

They taste the same to me.

[Cabin Fever]

Never noticed a difference.

[bubba]

sound slike an advertisement for archery hunting. The meat will be much more tender and tsaty.  I personally do not see how the implement of taking the deer will make a difference. Just my opinion.

[Bleitten04]

I've never noticed a difference!!!!

[blackradio]

no difference.

[Isles323]

Bow definitely tastes better to the shooter.

[First-light]

Depends on who's cooking it! no difference here.

[Geno C]

the logic makes sense however i have never noticed the difference between the 2

[NYBuckHunter87]

no difference to me

[Mr VJP]

I thought the longer it took a deer to die, the gamier the meat would taste.  So if you had to track an archery shot deer a long way, or had to wait hours to recover it, it should not taste as good.

An instant kill shot with a rifle, one that drops the deer in it's tracks without another breath, would be close to how a slaughterhouse animal is killed.  That method is preferred by meat packers to provide the best tasting meat.