I'm assuming this thread has turned into a train wreck, but I didn't want to wade through 1000 posts to find out, so I'll just answer the original question, (which is a good one):

I always used to hunt "hot." Now, with young teen hunters in tow, we all hunt "cold." Hasn't cost us any critters yet, but I s'pose it will someday. That's a fair trade for the piece of mind I get. Now, if I lived or hunted in Grizzly country...