Frank, there's even a bigger benefit for us older guys. We can maintain the performance we're used to having while shooting substantially lighter draw weights. I've never been against higher performance equipment, per se.
What I've been against is the way it has been, and is being, used by people that are intent about buying success. Sit on their couch in front of the tube all year, pick up their bows a week before season, shoot a few arrows and.... TA DA!!... they're 'bowhunters.' Then they go park their butts in a booth in the coffee shop and talk about 'sticking a couple but couldn't find them' when they never got more than 20 yards from the truck and didn't see a thing.
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Of course you're not unethical, rml. I applaud you for knowing your limitations and working to improve your skills. I wish more people followed your example instead of trying to buy success.
By the way, I hunted with a stickbow for many years (all there was, when I started) but am now hunting with a compound, instinctive. I've also competed in 3D with sights, releases and the whole schmeer... I know what it takes to shoot sights and that's a pain in the butt I don't need in the woods.
MJL, blowhards, like the coffee shop gurus I spoke of, have been around ever since the first bow was made. You'll never get rid of them. But knowledgeble bowhunters shouldn't let 'em get away with spewing their BS when they catch them at it.
How ya doin' Silentassassin?? You've already used the 'no friend to hunting' and PETA lines on me before when you didn't have anything intelligent to say. You need to expand your repertiore of insults. The ones you've got have lost their effectiveness through overuse.