pdq 5oh, While I understand your feelings regarding target bows, it is not that easy. I know that I can not tell how much experience someone has by the color of their bow. To some people a bright sparkly, chrome trimmed bow is just pretty. To be honest, more are probably sold for that factor than for their performance features. Now would you or I or anyone else who grew up around hunting carry such a bow into the woods hoping for hunting success? No. But that is not to say that noone would. I am sure there is someone out there who hunts with a fully tripped out target bow. There are just too many different personalities to rule that out.

As for drop backs, we also have to recognize that there are legitimate reasons for people to want to drop down into that class. I know of people who have trouble seeing well beyond 30 or so yards. Then there are physical impairments which limit how well an individual can shoot. I also know of people who have burned out on the upper competition. All of these people are struggling trying to hold on to their participation in this game for as long as they can. These individuals will usually place mid to 3/4 up on the list of shooters. Once in a while they may still put together a great day of shooting. They are not really the problem. The problem arises from those individuals who were tough competition in the upper ranks, but never quite made it all the way. When they drop for the sole purpose of trying to defeat a "entry" class shooter, it becomes very demoralizing. That class can and will be won by shooters who progress their way through it. I would not be surprised to find someone start shooting this year, enter that class as a newbie and dominate come worlds. I just hope that he then carries on to teach the rest of us a thing or two about shooting as he/she progresses through the rest of the class structure.