Been there done that...32 years ago. I think the norm was 50-55 pounds. So some say those were the good old days. That was when a lot of the states didn't have a deer season or deer herd. That was when the guy who got a deer with a bow was unique... not the norm. That was when.... wait a minute... there were no other bowhunters around really. IF you don't like to tinker... so be it. Me... a boy OR GIRL can never have to many toys. That's right... there were NO GIRLS in the game. You had the woods to yourself. You hoped for one shot a year. "Just give me one chance"!!! The success rate was less than 10 percent. Today, we have monster herds(pest level). I've hunted in the woods with a girl I'd never met. I've limited myself to 5 deer so far this year.(sometimes you just have to NOT shoot). THEN was nice... but so is what we have today. If we didn't have the hunter numbers we have today I'd doubt we would have been able to fend off the antis in a lot of places. We certainly wouldn't have the liberal seasons and bag limits we have. Celebrate technology.... it's gotten us where we are in this hustle bustle world. We certainly wouldn't have the archers we have without it. You like "TRAD"... have at it. I do to, but I like my wheels, and cables, a bubbles(not really..first thing I remove from a bow), straight arrows, sharp broadheads from a box, large selection of everything(we wouldn't have it without numbers), and I look forward to shooting number 6 come Friday or Saturday. Ahhhhhh.... "The Good Ole Days"..... they are upon us.