How has technology affected hunter sucess

[Nuts]

As we set up blinds and towers for kids I often reference what I was given as a kid. Typically a stump or tree to lean against. Typically in jeans. Sweatshirt or hand me down jacket. Always sneakers. Maybe bread bags if there was wet snow. 30/30 always with corelok bullets. Deer were killed. Mental toughness developed. No Onx, trail cameras, range finders, sitka gear etc. So how has everything available these days affected success rates. And what might be the biggest helper in success. From what I see on Google herd size of deer helps. But overall it doesent appear that the billions spent on modern technology has equaled a sky rocketing success rate that tracks with money spent. What do you see as the greatest modern technology that equals meat on the ground.

 

[MTTW]

Electronic range finders.

 

[RidgeRunner76]

Exponentially

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

Undoubtedly OnX for me

 

[Rack Daniels]

As humans developed the technology to better develop tools to successfully take animals, humans would have (could have?) equally developed the means to manage those same animals substantially.
It just goes to show what we as a species focus our time, money and energy on. We primarily are a very TAKING and less GIVING species.

 

[Bux_N_Beards]

Sadly in the Southeast it has become a combination of Spincast Corn Feeders + Cellular Trail Cameras that is getting a lot of deer killed that otherwise likely never would have been by those same people.

 

[johnp]

Video technology , Social media, outdoor influencers whom exposed how easy it was to go out west and shoot mule deer that were too stupid to keep running after jumping them !

 

[Nick87]

Its interesting, technology leads to success short term but i feel like its going to limit it in the long game.