Just a thought here. I do agree that there is something special about returning to old ways. Sleeping under the stars with no tent. Gardening for your own food. Traditional hunting (be it bow or muzzleloader). My question, for our year in and year out hunting, do we owe it to the deer to use the most effective tools available? Increase the efficiency of the kill? I guess the same arguement could be made for gun hunting instead of bow hunting. Just wondering. With the greatly increased chances of not making a clean kill with stone points and no sights, you greatly increase the reliance on the skill of the hunter. I guess my point becomes, if you are going to trad hunt, make sure you put the practice time in for the sake of the game.