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.
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