Regardless of the equip advancement, there will always be trad shooters. Just because a new shooter may start with a compound or high tech doesn't mean they will never try another way. Actually, it seems like a lot of newbies might start with high tech and be more apt to be capable of doing it and enjoying it and stay with it which could lead them to trying other forms, where if they were to start with traditional equip they may be more apt to get discouraged and give it all up before they got started. I know I started with compounds, never thought of using trad, but now am interested in trying trad because of my enjoyment with the compound. Would I like to shoot a deer at 60 yards? Probably. Is it an absolute thrill to have a deer at 6 yards? You bet. I can do one of those now and will always continue to try and would do the other if the my skill and the equip allowed an accurate, ethical kill from that distance. I didn't even gun hunt this year, instead only focused on bow and had a blast. I probably saw 80, mayber 100 deer, of which I only shot at 3 and lost count on how many I passed that were 10, 15, and 20 yards.
BTW, if trad shooting is the fastest growing segment right now as stated in an earlier post, my theory is the number of archers has grown in the last 10-20 years due to the equipment advancements and now alot of those guys are now trying traditional. I could be wrong.