No, I shot mine with my 300 WSM. I did have my bow in the truck with me but when I made a move on him it look like it was going to be a lot further away and I was Out by myself that day and I really didn’t want to pack both.. I ended up shooting him broadside high shoulder/double lung at 40 yards so definitely would’ve been an easy shot with my bow. If I could’ve held steady enough to shoot that is. It was pretty intense him coming in raking trees, he saw me and came closer eyes bugged out of his head swaying back and forth ready to either fight or make love to me, luckily I didn’t find out which.