Not a fan of that method of kill, but I can agree that the crowds are slightly less.
No judgment on my part, as I haven't 'hunted' anything but varmints since getting out of the military.
That brother admitted last fall that he's feeling his age [turning 68 soon] and is debating whether to go with a lower draw weight or stop altogether. He's been a long distance runner all his life, and runs the hills off season studying the terrain and game sign. He's been an extraordinarily successful hunter [deer, black bear, elk] as he's in great shape, goes way into the back country on his horse with a pack mule, and hunts alone stalking on foot.
He switched to bow hunting after too many encounters with drunks, loud obnoxious groups thrashing around in the woods shouting at each other, etc. That's what initially drove him to get the pack mule so he could go miles in from the nearest road. The final straw was when a round went over his head as he sat on a log [in blaze orange] eating lunch and glassing a canyon.