The bow has some pluses--low noise, you can use it without the drive,
and ammo costs are low.
Rifle--if all you want to do is punch paper look at a good .223. Ammo
is cheaper, less recoil.
Shotgun--versatile, lots of games you can play with it, could
serve double duty as a home defense gun. Ammo is cheaper than the
rifle.
How about a crossbow? kind of a bow/rifle crossbreed, with the same
quiet/backyard range/low ammo cost advantages as the bow.
I guess maybe before you can really answer the question of what to get,
you might want to decide what are you going to hunt?
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