Well, that's an interesting question. If you are comparing today w/ the days of the Native American, I say we are lazy hunters that aren't worth a darn.

Generally speaking though, I don't think using the newest/greatest equipment is "doing the work for us." We still have to set up in the right place, we still need the woodsmanship to be stealthy, we still need to keep our cool and we still need to make the shot. We're putting in hard work tuning our equipment just right, practicing in the range or yard, out of treestands, kneeling, standing, uphill, downhill......There's still an aweful lot of work that goes into it.