I don't think I "Put down" other styles of hunting; It's just that "Hunting" has changed drastically in my lifetime & it's sad to see. When I started hunting it was to control the deer herd to keep the numbers down and prevent winter starvation, depredation, road kills, etc. while filling the family freezer. Tree stands were primarily used by archery hunters and rifle "Hunters" primarily hunted deer on foot either by stalking or still hunting, and sometimes driving if you had enough participants and open deer range. Most hunters at that time learned the techniques from family members who passed down their skills to the younger generation. Now with outdoor channels and broken homes, the new generation seems to have changed the definition of "Hunting" to include food plots, ground blinds, 300 yard sniper rifles, etc. Now hunters actually try to increase the deer herd and make them dependent on humans for their food and forage. Instead of learning how to "Hunt" from their older family members, they are tuning in to Outdoor channel etc. and sucked into new advertising gimics to make hunting more of a competitive game than filling the freezer. Now they are more concerned with rack score than feeding the family and controlling deer numbers. Or maybe Im just turning into an ole fart.
