Oh, sorry I killed you, I thought you were a deer ...

[lyman]

It IS different--more practice, a LOT more practice, is required to become even minimally proficient. What has now caused everybody & his brother to become "bowhunters"--when they wouldn't have thought of taking up the longbow--is the profusion of gadgets like optical sights that make it look "easy."

The skilled & ethical bowhunters ought to be leading the charge to require proof of ability, because it would clear out the clowns they have to compete with.

some do,

some are more than happy to teach,

but like most things , some folks just are happy to muck it up