I don' t think it' s a case of the compound community being elitist snobs at all. In fact if anything I think the modern compound shooters have a greater appreciation for the traditional archer than most people. Heck, we all know how hard it is to get a deer with the equipment we shoot so we know the hurdles the traditional archer must face as well.

And you' re right, I think there is a big case of fear amongs hunters that our sport is becoming too money and gimmick-driven. You' ve got people who think that they' re bowhunters because they bought the most expensive bow on the market, all the gadgets to go with it, then they go out and take questionable shots on animals. It' s obvious that these individuals just have not been educated on the right and wrongs of hunting and everything that it involves aside from just winging arrows at animals.

Like it was already stated, I' m sure that is part of the point that the article attempted to convey. But the manner in which is was done is just unacceptable. Instead of dividing ourselves the author may have suggested some way to unite people and to better educate those who are behaving in the wrong. There' s obviously no way to eliminate the problem completely, but we can at least try to knock it down considerably.

It' s not the fact that he said something, it' s the fact that it contained gross and innacurate generalizations and misinformation. Any good that may have come out of that article is going to be lost to 99.9% of people who read it.