My vision was more review based, where the threads would be a list of products, and users could only reply to posts, not add threads.

Discussions, like which caliber, which sounds to use, what shot to use for coyotes, really fit under the current framework of the game specific forums we already have.

My thought was that each game specific forum would get one game specific equipment review subforum embedded in it, so small game/pred/trapping, deer, turkey, waterfowl, big game, exotics, (am I forgetting anybody?) would all get their own spot to review their own game specific equipment. All the elk calls would be in one place, turkey calls in one place, coyote calls in one place, etc etc.

Really taking a cue from cabelas or gander mountains websites. You pick coyote calls, and you can see all of them there, pick which ones you're interested in researching, and read consumer reviews.