It is funny reading this post today. I was just talking with a good buddy of mine last night, he is kind of a local legend in my area. He is known for taking GREAT bucks, every year. He hunting nothing but public land, he shoots a HCA poweforce (2001 model I believe), and his camo is straight from 1985 (no Mossy Oak or Realtree).
He was over at the house and I was ordering a new tree stand and new ScentLok and asked him why he still wears the old stuff. His reply, it seems to be working, why change?
Last year he killed a 168" and 143" and he has killed a buck that has at least netted P&Y every year since 1998.