Modern archery equipment does make it easier to become proficient as far as accuracy goes. Is this a bad thing? I agree with some, in that, how far is too far with technology? As far as laser rangefinders go... IMHO, they are the greatest new tool to archery hunting. I understand that it takes away from the old fashioned system of learning to judge distance. I have hunted with stick and string since 1974, and have traveled from coast to coast, shooting in national 3-d events. I have seen the greatest competitors in this sport shoot hundreds and hundreds of shots. I have seen Burly Hall, Randy Ulmer, Randy Chappel, Dave Stepp, Jeff Hopkins, and countless others, who make their living by judging distance, misjudge a target by 5yds. or more. It costs them 5 points. In a hunting situation, it would cost them a wounded, possibly lost animal. What I am getting at is that over rolling terrain, with obstructions to hinder your sight of the ground from point A to point B, anyone can, and eventually will grossly misjudge a distance. Even the fastest bows can only help this by a small fraction. If it takes a space age gadget to prevent this even one time, on a live critter, I will use it. I know that a rangefinder is only a small part of what this thread is about, but with all of the advancements we have available to us today, bowhunting is still basically a 20yd. game.