Are we hunters or gear testers?
Haha you’ve been here since 2019 and you don’t know the answer is emphatically “both”??
I have actually been here longer than you. Just mostly creep around. Not trying to ruffle any feathers, this whole gear movement has just gotten out of control.
I’m mostly on the hunting beast, where most of the conversation is about actual hunting and strategy geared towards being a better hunter. Not which sticks or platform is going to save me 2 ounces, all these whitetail hunters acting like they are going in 10-15 miles when in reality most of your spots are 1-2 miles tops. At those distances your ounces don’t really matter, you’re better off cutting back on the beers and losing a little weight.
Nothing wrong with taking a simple approach, not worrying about weight, focusing on tactics. But no matter what you weigh, refining your setup to be more safe, efficient, quiet, and comfortable can make you more deadly, whether it allows you to get further in less time, to sit longer, to get in and out with less impact on the deer, etc, and for a lot of people here it’s just fun. If it’s not for you, that’s ok.