I would thoroughly enjoy it if you removed the punch bow. On op, every single time I play I find my self getting bowspammed off the edge. Or if I am winning the fight and they just shoot me off the edge. I use shields but a lot of time it just degrades my armour or they spam so much it breaks the shield. I am fine with the other bows but my lord, please remove the punch bow. I know a lot of people would agree with me as well
They do not need to be removed. They've been around since the game started and aren't going anywhere.
My advice when dealing with someone who has a punch bow:
-Block spam if they have you cornered and are consistently hitting you
-Dodge the arrows by moving around inconsistently
-Avoid the fights altogether
-Get yourself a punch bow, to counter bow spammers
Using a shield might be a sound idea on the surface, but I have never lost to shield user. They have weak durability and you can just spam click their shields to let it down, then bow spam again. Seriously, don't use a shield, despite what mods say.
Removing the punch bow doesn't sort anything out and more people will complain that it's gone. There are ways to counter it, you just need to be better in doing that. We all die from bow spam. I encounter it, people multitudes of levels better than me encounter it.
Get better at countering people who do it and you will rarely (if at all) die to it.
Also campers? Buy a pearl. Problem solved