I am somewhat sympathetic to Muley's comments about what whitetail deer hunting has become compared to what is was like in Illininois back in the day. I have seen similar changes there in the past 35 years. I somewhat agree that SOME people have to have all sorts of gadgetry and do some rather unchallenging whitetail hunting, especially in terms of what we see on hunting shows. But then you also hear about plenty of deer hunts that are pretty challenging. Dunno that sitting in a deer stand for 8 hours in sub-freezing temps, etc. is exactly a walk in the park.

But on the other hand, based on what I have seen on some hunting shows and have heard, it seems like there is no shortage of Mule Deer and elk hunts where all sorts of gadgets are used and/or you have a pro guiding someone into the position to take a 100 yard shot with a scoped .300 mag. But then again you can have people who do things much harder as Muley says.

Its all good....