I didn't miss it at all. It's a good point. Now back to my question.. 5 yards, longbow, cedar shaft, obsidian tip, feathers and fingers, treestand whitetail buck on a milk river lease with his head in some spilt apples. More of a hunt than that of a deer/elk on usfs/wilderness, afar from vehicle access, where the guy has a backpack, spotter, 300 mag with a turret? Because the 2nd scenario is so easy right?
Genes a good guy I'm sure. I've met him. Lots of great traditional Bowhunters out there too. But the whole eletitist thing many of them project is a complete joke.
Shooting is part if hunting. Always will be unless you don't take bullets or arrows along.
Apples and oranges. A much better comparision would be the wilderness deer/elk hunt. That hunt with the stickbow would be much more of a HUNT. You start the "harvesting" phase of the 300 mag hunt at 1000 yards, the compound hunt at 100 yards, and the stickbow hunt at 50 yards. You get at least 950 yards more time to HUNT with the stickbow and a lot of stuff can happen in that distance I believe the point of the editorial is many today are missing out on a lot of the HUNT.
As an aside, nice Mountain Goat photo in the latest Boone & Crockett magazine.