You missed my point Brad. None of us can predict the future, but my guess is hunters will be hunters. Even with all the improvements in rifles, muzzleloaders, compounds, optics, arrows, broadheads, etc. etc. etc. more and more people are still coming back to the roots of archery. Hunters hunt for the challenge. Not to say there won't always be people that just want to kill something with the least effort possible, but I think it's in our blood to hunt. Human beings are preditors--nothing PETA can do to change that.

There's just so much that can be done to a stick and string. I see new claims pretty regularly, but when you get right down to it, the equiment touted to be the absolute best isn't far ahead of the equipment used 40-50 years ago. As I've noted before, Fred Bear killed an elephant, with a recurve, with one shot. How much better can it get?

If it ever gets to the point society demands instand kills and 100% recoveries, we are screwed anyway, and the sport will be dead. Anything that guarantees that is not hunting. We already have that in existence now--canned "hunts", and thankfully society in general seems to be against that.

The best we can do is try to recruit more hunters, pass it on to the next generation, and do the best we can to make a positive influence on non-hunters.

Chad