When I was writing the article and came across the photo on this thread, I shook my head at the old Oneida's Brad and I packed for 6+ years in UT/CO/ID. The more I looked for camp photos the more photos of successful hunts for deer and elk I found with these bows in them. It was hunting for deer after this particular (successful) elk hunt that the Oneida blew up due to a string failure and I bought the Parker Force-Multiplier I carried for the next 19 years.
Dang we stacked a ton of meat shooting these dinosaurs, and mine even had a rectangular brass pin sight still! I laughed in horror at the overdraw rigs we had for a couple of those years shooting short aluminum telephone poles. Not a synthetic garment in any photo I found - all cotton all the time. Beyond hunting partners, a lot of things have changed in the past 20+ years....
Also, a good reminder that basic bushcraft knowledge, good partners, and well scouted hunting areas can make for more success than the fanciest best synthetic fiber optic range finding solar A2 satellite laser waterproof cuben silnylon doohickey widget ever will. Good people. Good area. Good knowledge. Good success. Good equipment was a bonus, not what made the hunt a success.
