RE: Is it meritorious or pathetic?
I used gadget for lack of a better word. I really never meant to point to a specific gear item, but more a way of thinking.
It seems many people think that if they have the latest gear, decked out with all the accessories, that they stand a better chance at killing a deer because of it. Kind of like the “just stepped out of the catalog” syndrome.
Rather than an individual compensating for a shortcoming, there is now some gear item that does it for you. As the season nears we’ll get more questions about what call or scent will bring in the big one. Meanwhile the person could be served much better in asking what subtle signs to look for when picking a stand location, such that calling one in from 100’s of yards away is not needed.
(not a knock on calls & scents, they are undoubtedly effective, but I think far too many people want to rely on them, as opposed to them just being a tiny piece of the overall puzzle)
I’m not saying it ain’t fun to have toys, BUT it just seems like there is a growing mindset that the toys are the underlying key to success, when really they are the accent details that make up the whole process.
A lot of you summed it up nicely for me. Way to go King!