ORIGINAL: c903
No sweat!
With all the overpriced, gimmicks, junk, complex, prone to malfunction, sensitive shooting, short lasting, gear that is on the market, that many shooters believe is a substitute for necessary skills, and is detrimental to successful hunts and to some bowhunters eagerness to stay in the sport, it all balances out.
Before we get off on a tangent........I wasn't really referring to the "Deerview Mirror" kinda gadgets that we all know are useless.
I just meant the solid pieces of equipment that many if not all of us carry on a regular basis that has helped swing the odds in our favor.
Releases, GPS, rangefinders, lightning accurate bows putting massive KE into incredibly deadly broadheads, climbers, camo, cameras etc.
These are pretty stock gear in todays world I would say.
With no skill they are as useless as a rubber crutch............but the amount of skill needed to use them successfully can be found in almost anyone in minimal time.
In the past several years, I am aware of several new and unseasoned bowhunters dropping out of the sport of bowhunting. It is not uncommon to meets bowhunters in the field that are carrying and wearing the best "Gucci" gear that barely know the basics of bowhunting deer and cannot track a hit deer unless the deer is leaving their own trail markers evey five feet.
If I had a dollar for every time I saw a guy step to the first tee with $1,500 worth of equipment and clothes............and duff his way to the ladies tee
I thought all bowhunters had to take a instructional class before getting a license. You mean to tell me this class doesn't teach them all the stuff they need to know?
