Back in the 70s when Alabama opened a few either sex M/L hunt days on all of the management areas every deer hunter I knew bought a M/L. Prior to the new M/L hunt days deer hunting was strictly bucks only in the state.
We bought our M/Ls by mail order, a TC Renegade cost $90 from Ron Shirks Shooters Supply in 73. The inflation calculator says this would be $527 in todays money. We would pool our recourses and buy several at a time. I always wonder where all these guns ended up, I bought 5 or 6 TCs and passed them all on in trades and sales.