I have an old early 80s Golden Eagle completely wooden compound bow with the smallest cams you will ever lay eyes on. I shot it for quite a few years but could not get the speed out of it to really do any damage. I still have it and use it for Carp fishing. But like most things bows do gain technology improvements that make them more fun to shoot and more effective for the sport. Like Crowkilla mentioned there are guys that out hunt the average guy with no technological help what-so-ever. But I've never heard anyone say, "jeeezz I really wish I could go back to that old Sonic". I'm going to stick with my Mathews LX (even though it's old by today's standards) and enjoy the smooth draw, quite shooting and speedy cam.