Wow, that was a long read.

In my view it's very simple. People choose their comfort zone with equipment. I also believe it's human nature to want something to be challenging, but not too hard. The challenge is what gives the excitement, but make it too hard and it quickly gets old and tiring.

A couple of factors are involved. First, a very good hunter, who can get close to game frequently, and is a good archer, is going to find it increasing boring to use equipment that poses little challenge. On the other hand, a new hunter with little skill shooting any bow, will need all the help and "sophistication" he can get. In other words, all the high tech stuff in the world and it will still be difficult for this person to kill an animal.

Being that there is a range of people out there with varying abilities as a hunter and/or as a shooter, there will be a range of equipment to satisfy the different challenges posed to each. Each person will naturally evolve to shooting what is challenging enough to keep their interest, but not so difficult as to frustrate them from hunting again. This process of choosing equipment is ever changing as the person gains experience and ability. This is as it should be. This selection process is innate and each of us is probably shooting what we should be or else are in the process of choosing different equipment to match our skills.