Sounds like a once in a lifetime opportunity to me. Personally I'd always be wondering if I couldn't close the deal on the buck of my dreams with a bow if I should have hunted with my rifle. Seems a little less likely that you'd kill the buck of your dreams under 50 yards with a rifle and wish you had been bow hunting. I am an avid bow hunter as well and agree it's way more exciting, but I'd save that for an area I knew and a buck I had scouted all year versus a once in a lifetime. Just my two cents.
Trad Bow or Big Boomer... I enjoy both.
But if I was in your hunting boots I’d grab my laser rangefinder and be ready to twist a turret!
Good Luck either way. Shoot a big’un!