I have had this debate with my boss a few times now and here it is. He says that deer hunting is not a challange anymore like it was 40 years ago. He tells me of how they had to go out and climb trees by hand and be in the field for days and days. He speaks of very hard physical work. He also critisizes the use of all the high tech equiptment now days (rangefinders, high powered scopes, most everything you can think of that they didn't have back then). My arguement to him is this. Back in those days, the land wasn't broken up near as much as it is now. he had thousands of acres to hunt where now it is hundreds of 100 acre plots. There are more hunters out there with high tech equiptment that we now have to compete with on top of trying to outsmart a big buck. With the equiptment currently on the market, I am willing to give him that it is easier to harvest a deer today comparted to back then (not saying it's easier to get a big one), but is it really easier? That does not even go into the amount of money involved compared to 40 years ago.