Native Americans used fire, herded buffalo over cliffs and did what they needed to do. But they're hailed as slinky purists we're supposed to aspire to be.
Fred Bear is touted as the end-all beat-all bowhunting god guru father of bowhunting. He used bait. Didn't hide it.
Cowboys used the .45-70 and .30-30 for hunting but today those aren't enough caliber!
Crossbows? Waaaaahhhh! The drama llamas come out in herds.
The entire purist "you're not a real hunter" stuff is just egotistical bullshittery at its finest, just like fly fishing snobs who think someone with a strike indicator is some kind of horrid gump who doesn't know how to properly drift a No. 20 along a seam.
Nice appendix too, Clem.
"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." -G. K. Chesterton
