What requires more skill: Bass fishing or deer hunting?

Trophy Bass Fishing with a Zebco 404 takes more skill than even bow hunting hands down!

Fishing unless we are talking spot and stalk with a bow

both depend on where.....

Bass fishing is tougher. But I live in Iowa, and finding deer and bass is also relatively easy here. And deer hunting here is about as easy as it gets anywhere.

Not sure about what type of trout fishing in being referred to here, but fly fishing for native freshwater trout is the most difficult outdoor sport (in my opinion, as there are a lot of moving pieces). Followed closely by bow hunting.

Edit. I should say it really doesn't matter to me if a bow hunter, a fly fisherman, a shotgun deer hunter and a trophy bass fishermen want to argue which is toughest. I''m just happy to be outside and clear my mind. It happens so rarely for me any more, I cherish each and every time.

I say that in every single instance, it's better to be lucky than skilled.

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What requires more skill

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Catching redfish.

Signed,

fishfighter

Id say bass is easier.

Take a novice angler and give them a week on Toledo bend and they would have a better chance at a trophy bass

Take a novice hunter and give them a week on public land in Kansas or another big buck area and they may never even see a shooter

Im sure hooking onto a 10+lb bass has got to be the thrill of a lifetime and I wouldn't know because Im ignorant and Ive never caught one anywhere near that size. But, I don't see how that can ever compete with the adrenaline you get from a trophy buck coming on you, ESPECIALLY one you've scouted and hunted for a long time, when you are sitting in the freezing cold with a bow in your hand and have to put an arrow through the vitals. I know so much knowledge, time and experience goes into being a true fisherman, but I don't see how it can take more skill to catch fish than it is to get within bow range (on purpose) of an extremely aware animal and then make the shot.