There is an added bit of romance to using traditional gear, to see if you are man enough to hunt and take animals with the same gear your grandfatherused. Are you as good an outdoorsman as he was, as skilled?
He used a30 06 or his 35

His first bow was the bear whitetail compound
Arthur it's harder I know, my point is playing "what the indians did" is silly. The reason I do not used them is simple, it's too hard and I do not have the time to become a consistant killer with one. I would wound way to many deer. Just being honest