Bow hunting is much safer (people tend to choose their targets more carefully due to the cost of an arrow compared to the cost of a bullet), but the fact is that those residents that aren’t in danger from the hunter instead die in car accidents with the deer. These are not endangered animals, and they are extremely destructive.
That is NOT the primary consideration. Arrows are quieter with a very much reduced range, being under a hundred yards vs up to a mile for even a .22 rifle!
JC