It must not be assumed that the bow is as efficient as therifle. It is not. It has not the power, the range or the accuracy.The hunter who chooses the bow is taking a handicap of 20 to1. It follows, therefore, that the archer is either crazy or theking of all optimists, or so say the non-archers.
The toxopohilite, however, takes an entirely different view.In most cases the would-be bow hunter has hunted for manyyears with firearms. He has reached a point where his sportingconscience tells him that he has taken his share of this nobleanimal. He has become conscious of the fact that fish andgame cannot vote; he has, for sometime past, concluded thatit is time for him to do something about conservation. But,when he reflects on the 20 to 1 handicap the archer must take,conscience appears to issue a parole. He knows that bow hunt-ers will never be able to reduce the herd even though theseason be open to both sexes. He knows there will be very fewif any permanent cripples.
