mobow

New school all the way. Technology is a beautiful thing. If I can tip the odds in my favor by even 1/2%, I'll take it. The sport has really evolved over the years. Does old school work? ABSOLUTELY! But today's younger generation is a new breed of outdoorsman. Things are different now, not that it's good or bad, but there is no denying that it IS different.

Another thing to point out here is that I don't view one "school" as better or worse than the other. I have nothing but respect for the guy that can go out with a long bow and kill a turkey or deer or whatever. But I have equal respect for the guy that does it witha brand new UltraTec.

Garminator

I gotta say I'm into all the new technology but I really admire you guys who do it the old fashioned way, I would think anything you harvest could be classified a trophy!!!

kbick

i'd have to say im a mixture, compound but no scentlock or rangefinders, gps or scen loc.but i hunt a tree stand sometimes,and hunt the wind just alittle but practice scent control(just not with scent loc).im somewhere between old and new school, but more new than old.

Hunter06FlKy

i'm not sure what i am. i'm probably new school or i'm somewhere in the middle. i use an old bow but new everything else. i've learned most of my stuff from the older generation for the most part. i do like camo and treestands and stuff like that. i am most definately from the new generation of hunters though.

TeeJay

Other than my bow.....its old school all the way. No cameras for this guy. Home hade camo, blinds and stands. Other than my pop up turk blind.

LouisianaTomkat

I guess I have to put my 2 cents in here too. I have to admit I like new technology. I believe alot of it may just be pure gadgetry, some maybe useful. Other than that, I have to say I am old school. I don't hunt for Pope and Young or Boone. I hunt for the pure joy and relaxation of hunting. I hunt for meat to put on my family's table to keep from having to eat so much of the cholestrol laden crap at the stores. Can I get an Amen? After all, the ancestors of this "way of life" did not hunt for "SPORT", they hunted for food. I am just as proud as the next guy when I take a deer. I don't however think it's necessary to kill bucks only. I guess I fall somewhere in between when it comes to "old school" vs. "new school". Let's hunt and have fun no matter how we do it as long as it's legal. Let's be safe and respect other hunters and the woods we hunt in. After all, you only live once. Oh, and by the way, I HATE leases. I grew up in a place and time where I could roam the woods not worrying about intruding on the other guy because I respected his hunting territory. I could hunt when and pretty much where I wanted because there was less greed back then. Now the states and the big timber companies have ruined that for our children unless they grow up to be very financially successful. I hate that. I wish my kids could still have the simplicity and excitement of hunting the land without having to pay for it. It's a sad mixed up world, this world of "Hunting". LT

mexhuntr

ME TOO

Bees

I got all the stuff but I still hunt like I did way back when. so I'm neold school.

aeroslinger

Good posts mobowhunter and LouisianaTomkat. You too, Arthur. I use a compound, camo, Scentlok. I don't use a gps, 4wheeler, rangefinder, etc. I think alot of us would love to hunt like the Indians. All the time. Can't imagine anything I'd rather do. They got to enjoy something they had to do to survive. That was one of their jobs. Work, wife, kids, job, keeping up with the house and yard - these things take up alot of our time nowadays. Most of us don't get to spend the time practicing with a longbow or recurve needed to morally shoot at an animal. And the time we get to spend in the field makes it hard to take a chance on a missed opportunity. Then there is the problem of where to hunt. Land is getting scarcer by the day. Alot of us are hunting small acreage where we can't stalk or hunting public land where it may be too dangerous or stepping on each others toes. If I had started shooting bows when I was 5 or 10 or whatever, I may have gotten good enough to have retained those skills today to shoot a long bow or recurve even with all the other stuff taking up my time. I just got a recurve not too long ago and am getting better with it. I don't know if I will hunt with it or not. Primarily because my hunting opportunities seem to be getting less and less. I enjoy my time in the field more than just killing something but I also want to get some meat. If I get a buck, great, but a doe is just fine. Shooting the recurve is a pure joy but I also like shooting the compound. If Scentlok helps me avoid detection when I'm limited to where I can sit, then great. I really could care less how someone else legally hunts. Good for them. I would hope they would have the same respect for me.

-DeerSlayer-

Im a modern day freak, anything new and interesting looking, Ill consider it. I love the way hunting is a growing sport, and I am enjoying the luxuries of all of its components.