Mindset is more of what I was referring to.
If the big bucks you were after show up at 35 or don’t set up perfectly… even if you do set up perfectly, things don’t always play out like you anticipate. Meaning, if you would have had a weapon with further reach .. you would have killed him. Trad stuff is a commitment.
I’m 54 and past the point of killing animals with trad stuff because I’ve been there done that. Hunting is personal. I’m not knocking stick bows.
I hunt with a longbow, compound, smoke pokes and even rifles sometimes. I’m just bringing logic into the conversation. Don’t take it the wrong way.