20-30 years ago, things were VERY different. A whole different mindset. Completely different attitude. You can never point a finger at THINGS and say they are good or bad. It's how those things are used by people that tells the tale.

When things are used to augment a dedicated bowhunter's highly developed skills, then I don't know how anyone could say that's bad. When those same things are used in lieu of skills, in a selfish, and usually futile, attempt to purchase minimal proficiency so the person can go out into the woods and shoot at animals... I simply can't understand how anyone cannot see how bad that is.

Unfortunately, that seems to be exactly what the marketing for most of the gadgets today is geared up for. For the most part, they're being marketed at the guys who refuse to be bothered by archery until they want to go hunting. Skills? The only skills they've developed since the end of last season has been operating the remote and mastering those 12 ounce curls. Certainly nothing to do with their shooting skills has been improved.

Yes, I know I've got an elitist attitude towards bowhunting and I think it's a darn shame that 'elitist' has become a dirty word. Used to be, ALL bowhunters were elitists. Bowhunters expected the same high standards in ethics and dedication from newcomers that the old timers expected of us, when we started out. It was called 'peer pressure' back in the day. Now, peer pressure is being used to try and force people to accept anything, including outright laziness and rotten ethics. Anyone who dares speak out against it is an 'elitist.' The very fact that the 'elitist' word is being thrown around as an insult, it tells you how degenerated and depraved bowhunting has gotten.

Aldo Leopold was dead on the mark, wasn't he.