RE: Are we really better off as hunters today?
Are we better off, sure we are. Conservation and education are a priority now. Wildlife has benefited, the lands we hunt are in better shape than they were decades ago.
Are we better off, no we're not. Like some have mentioned simplier times meant you had to be a woodsman and dedicated to be sucessful. All that has fallen by the wayside with technology. How many of us could handle being a trapper/hunter in the Rocky montains 150 years ago. Doubt many of us could handle it, living of the land and our skill like that.
Guess it all depends on which side of the coin we are on.