Bow:

In the past there was gear that was considered to be extremely advanced for the times. Regardless, most knew that skill still came from the shooter and all things still remained a "manual" operation.

These days, we hear all the rhetoric about how accurate a bow or a piece of gear is, how forgiving a bow or a piece of gear is, how some type of accessory will automatically correct bad form; and even put an arrow back on course that was headed off course.

There is a clamor and an appetite for broadheads that fly like fieldpoints because it is too much trouble to take the time to learn how to get a standard and more reliable broadhead to fly right. Many want broadheads that can blow huge holes through the game so that not only will there be a better blood trail, but the entrails will string out also, because a bloodtrail is the only way you can track a wounded deer.

And, so on and so on. In other words, these days, too many bowhunters tend to believe that all this tech gear puts everything on "autopilot."

Yes, there has always been "nimrods" in the woods. However, because all the "gimmicks" and "skill reductive" gear that is on the market these days, was not around years past; it was impossible for yesteryear's nimrods to be as "nimmy" as they are these days.