You can go back in time…

[Skerhunter]

I’m going with cellular trail cams. It makes it way too easy.

For out west - I’m going with credit cards. The Ability to apply for a ton of tags, without having the actual cash rubs me the wrong way.

 

[tony]

The crossbow. There is nothing I hate more than a crossbow during archery season.

Guy I work with tells me there's basically a semi auto cross bow now?
How lazy we have become

What would I get rid of?
All this fancy clothing. My ex father in law and his pals would eat a big greasy breakfast, smoke, and wear jeans, flannel, old boots.
These guys were Vietnam vets and then served in the National Guard, any camo they owned and worn came from the service.

Killed piles of deer, rabbits, squirrels, turkey, you name it.

 

[TheTone]

Off highway vehicles (3 wheeler, 4 wheeler, SXS, etc.). People everywhere now. Yes, I own one.

Same

 

[HuntHarder]

Trail cameras

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

Trail cameras

This is mine as well. On private property do whatever you want. On public land they are a joke to me.

 

[3Esski]

Draw/point system.

 

[CorbLand]

Man, everything that comes to mind falls squarely in the "Good for me but not for thee" category.

I love OnX, but can't stand seeing so many new people in what were previously very remote, very hard-earned hunting spots that I know they wouldn't have sussed out without it. Side-by-sides, same thing - allowing people to get way out, way faster, into those same spots, instead of what I first had to do in a heavy, slow old truck. Range finders? Wouldn't be without mine, but I despise the fact they're allowing people to think they can take shots they're just not capable of making due to other factors. And let's not mention guys with guns - who needs guns? Be a better hunter and stick it with an atlatl.

I can't think of any piece of equipment I wish wasn't invented...for me. It's all the other people who shouldn't have it, right?

Sometimes it is just a fun thought exercise to have these conversations.

 

[Braaap]

Trail cameras.

 

[ozyclint]

Maybe helicopters. It's a New Zealand thing.

 

[OregonSteeler]

YouTube!! Imagine a world without "content creators", "smash the thumbs up", "subscribe", and followers. Even writing those words makes me want to puke.

Then again, I wouldn't be able to fix my cars, install an appliance, or lay down flooring

*I know YouTube isn't gear but I think it's ruined the hunting experience just as much as OnX and SxSs.

 

[IdahoBeav]

Knives with replaceable blades

 

[eamyrick]

OnX. Just paid for my yearly Elite subscription but the adventure was bigger with a paper map. I remember doing 15-16 mile days fly fishing in Yellowstone and having no real clue where I was. Something magical about getting “lost” in the woods.

 

[grfox92]

YouTube.

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[KurtR]

Silver labs

 

[sndmn11]

Don't bash my trail cameras! My kid loves them.

Private property is a good one...
Wheels are a good one...

Capitalistic and imperialistic colonization?
Livestock?
Currency?
Consumerism?

I vote against Gluten.

 

[ozyclint]

OnX. Just paid for my yearly Elite subscription but the adventure was bigger with a paper map. I remember doing 15-16 mile days fly fishing in Yellowstone and having no real clue where I was. Something magical about getting “lost” in the woods.

It's fine to not know where you are, so long as you know where you're going.

 

[Yoder]

Shoes. Nothing has impacted hunting more than shoes.

 

[Poser]

SxS

 

[NRA4LIFE]

Scopes

 

[Yoder]

My two all time favorites were the Tree Lounge and the Huntin Buddy. If you don't remember, the Tree Lounge was this ridiculous contraption of a tree stand that was basically made to take a nap. The Huntin buddy was life sized doll you put in your permanent stand so deer would get used to seeing someone in the tree all the time. People will buy anything to kill a deer.