BuckMagnet, the reason the trads are so concerned about what's happening with compounds is the fact that we share the same season. They're concerned that making the compound easier and easier to take game with is going to eventually raise hunter success ratios to the point where the season is shortened.
Oops I missed that. Arthur isn't there a case for advancements in tree stands and scent control and growing deer populations and lengthened seasons to have a played as much of a role in those numbers as the advancements in archery equipment. I would think those success ratios have been influendced as much from the climbing stand and scent control as they have by archery equipment. Then you add the whitetail population explosion that has taken place over the last 30 years coupled with longer hunting seasons and people are naturally going to be more successful. JMO