So - does this mean that the guy with the sights and a rangefinder has a better kill ratio than the guy who shoots instinctive (like a slingshot)- No sights?

Great discussion - love the posts but realize that most of the responses come from whitetail hunters hunting from tree stands.
So, I ask, Is tree stand hunting - too much technology? Is using "trad" technology from a tree stand still "trad"? Not sure modern vs trad buys you that much out of the tree. Same pigeon shoot? Just playing devils advocate here.

I started with a longbow, then a recurve and finally a compound. Still like both the older "technologies". The first two bucks I killed with the compound were instinctive (no sigts). I have never killed a whitetail or a muley from a tree stand. Would love to have the time, property to do some buy never had.

At the same time - I'm not suggesting those who have hours to wait in ambush get out of the stand. I don't lessen the value or enjoyment of the hunt based upon the equipment now that I use sights on my compound. Should I? Think I was better off without them sometimes. Rangefinding before was instinctive - sight picture related and in many ways seams much easier. Release was as much about follow through than anything else. Not so with the mechanical releases but can't say I have an advantage using them in the field. I still use all three bows to hunt with and don't think it makes all that much of a difference. Killed just as many with the longbow as the compound. Those that want a challenge ought to try still hunting, or tracking or spot-n-stalk in the west. Or just try doing what your doing now without the tree stand. I'm in with those that suggest that anything we do (constructively) to get more people involved in archery is for the good - and if that's technology.. don't think it's bad. Like to know out of the trad hunters how many use tree stands.