Being a kid in the 60's and 70's and remembering how my Grandfather and his buddies hunted and comparing that to today, I can't see anyone today being old school. The closest to that would be the recurve/longbow guys.

Now relative to a lot of what I read on here, I would consider myself closer to it than a lot of guys. Through trial and error and many hours afield, I have learned that most of the junk guys spend their money on is nothing more than them falling prey to good marketing by all the ads they read in magazinesthat rely on these marketers as their advertisers.

Not being cynical, to each their own, but if a lot of you guys would spend the same amount of time hunting without all the soaps, scent blockers, scent eliminators, etc, and hunt some without any camo at all....well I think a lot of you would realize how minimal, if any effect all of this stuff has on your sucess or deer sightings.

The same with having the latest bow, the newest fall away rest, the newest arrows and broadheads, sights,etc. If Archery in general is your passion and this allows you to shoot better target scores, so be it.

But hitting a paper target the size of a quarter at 20 or 30 yards doesn't necessarily equate to being a more successful hunter. I shoot the same bow and set up for the last 8 years. I could just as effectively shoot the old bow I had before it and my effectiveness would stay the same as a hunter.

But the fact that I usecommercially made hanging stands, a double bull ground blind, a compound, a release, a range finder, and a trail camera.....old school?? Not even close.