Charlie...those early days weren't THAT long ago...were they ? Are we getting that old ?
You have to admit...back in ..at least MY early days (1969 ish) (Charlie, I think you got a few years on me) there were almost no available learning sources regarding bowhunting, period. You learned by doing. People now have so much more reference material available to learn from and so many more sources of getting info from friends and comrads at this sport.
Course, back then we were pleased as punch to actually SEE a deer within something close to shooting range, much less BC or PY antlers.
ChuckC