Instead of refering to changes in your hunting as stages, why not call it what it really is. MATURING
MM....I think a lot would take issue with that....and while I see where you're coming from.....I disagree with calling it "maturing" (much like I did in the "stages" thread).
I don't see theshift from compound to trad as "maturing".....or even a progression. It's just somewhere I wanna go.