Chris,
Noticed your a Trout guy, Do you fish with a modern rod such as a SAGE or do you use an old cane rod? If both, do you not find it enjoyable with ether rod?
Ive enjoyed hunting a few Cape Buffalo with both scoped and non scoped rifles. However, even within eighty meters a scope minimizes f%&^$ ups such as wounding which is quite easy when hunting the thick stuff.
Your point about "Mucho crap" has me a little puzzled though???
In saying that, I still do agree with you that hunting with open sights is a treat.