RE: So much for the hunter class being a beginners class?
Here' s another reason why I know some people shoot HC instead of MBR or MBO..
They work 6 days a week and don' t have the spare time to do much practicing.
At least they can still go out on a Sunday to a shoot and enjoy themselves without having to worry about misjudging distances and losing arrows.
As far as random equipment checks... from what I have seen at the shoots I have been to (Indoor and Outdoor worlds and shoots in between), this needs to be enforced more.