I would pick archery but I like to have the handicap, in early Sept. the bucks will be patternable if they are there and you can spend all summer trying to find them. Low land bucks are pretty patternable especially in the open country on private ground. I watch bucks all summer and different bucks have been hitting the same field and leaving in the same spot, bedding in the same areas and watering in the same spots for the last 10 years. I only have permission to shed hunt it and I've found several sets of their sheds in the spring.
One thing for certain is as soon as the velvet comes off the big groups of 10+ deer disperse and their patterns completely change even though they almost never see human activity. Rifle can be hit or miss, it really just depends on what bucks are on the property and when, a lot of the bucks I mentioned above are on totally different properties after they lose their velvet and I pick the sheds up about 2 miles from where they spend most of the summer.
It may be a better rifle property or vise versa, most big private pieces don't have a clue what kind off deer are actually on the property, The property I'm talking about has an outfitter hunt the surrounding property, most years their biggest bucks they take are like 170-180" although there are always several 200+ bucks in the area that they have no clue about because they only show up a couple of days before deer season and glass. I'm out there all year round so I get to see what's really there, I saw 11 bucks there this morning two were over 180".
