I guess that is is dumb to hunt alone and not tell anyone where I am except in general 30 to 50 square mile circumference. Lots of times I have no cell service, I hunt public land and sometimes the location is like to hunt is taken by another hunter (vehicle parked), some of the large game I hunt is migratory and not necessarily where they "should" be so I need to move my location, sometimes by fifty miles to hunt in the game zone. I heard about the guy who had the rock fall on his arm. How he sawed off his arm with his knife to make it out of the woods alive. I've heard about heart attacks in the woods, seizures, severe cuts, etc. you just never know I guess.
I've always done it this way. Those of us who view cell phones as new gadgets are probably the main culprits.
I just don't always want to be connected. I don't always want someone knowing where my butt is 24-7. I want to get lost sometimes and if I never come back, they will figure it out.