I haven't been on in awhile, and regret to say that this news probably means that I won't be able to be at either O-Jam or Mo-Jam this year, but I am excited to say that I am going to be relocating to the Rocky Mountains. I am going to be moving to Loveland, CO in a couple weeks, and am wondering if there are many trad guys out there, as I am still pretty green and 8 hours is too much to have my dad, "Coach", help me when I get in a jam. I have been meaning to get some pictures of my new projects on here, one is a bamboo backed ash/wenge reflex/deflex for my wife and the other is a fiberglass backed tigerwood take-down for myself. Any of you in the Loveland area?
Lucky dog!!
Been trying to make a move west for 10 years now,work/employment in my related field is the only thing stopping me.
Monque -- good luck in your new home. You might rethink your "I don't kill, I HARVEST" signature. We are hunters, not farmers. Such euphemisms for what we do lead us to objectify the animals we hunt -- reduce them in our minds to mere objects. They are not ears of corn or turnips, but free, living creatures. Silly as it sounds, how we talk about killing and the animals we kill, does make a difference. Understood, "harvest" was introduced to counter the juvenile-delinquent "Whack and stack" submentality and disrespect that still runs rampant among too many hunters, though happily, I never hear it among my trad friends. Anyhow, "kill" is what we do, and it's good for us to keep that foremost in mind so that we do it as well as we can. It also shows the nonhunting public that we are not dodging any realities here. My 2 cents ...
Congratulations and good luck.
Wish I could move back to Grand Junction.
Monque,
I live in Longmont, which is just a little ways south of Loveland on I-25. If you have any questions about the area, PM me, or check in when you get here.
Brendan
I came close to moving to Loveland several years ago, even had a house, church and school picked out, before the deal fell through. Hope you like it there.
There are trad bowhunters in the CBA which you should consider joining, but the CTAS is strictly for trad bowhunters......
http://www.colotradarchers.com/
Wish I could move back to Pueblo. Miss the mountains!!
I live about 10 miles SE of Loveland. Been here all my life. Have been bowhunting ( recurve ) for 35 yrs. Hunt elk, etc NW of Loveland. I shoot a lot of 3D tournments during the winter. There is an archery club at Loveland ( mostly trad shooters). They have a 3D shoot every month starting in the early spring. They have already had a couple so far. The club name is Big Thompson Bowhunters.
If you are interested send me a note.
You also have a bunch of archery things going on in Ft. Collins, just 10 miles North of Loveland. You might want to join the Fort Collins Archery Association. The archery range, maintained by the above association and the city of Ft. Collins, is really nice. It borders the I25 freeway between Harmony Rd. and Prospect. You can see it from the Freeway. Arrow Dynamics has a great indoor range and Jim and Cindy have been getting a fair amount of traditional equipment in stock.
Here is the website for the Ft. Collins Archery Association:
http://www.ftcollinsarchery.com/
Welcome to a great place to live.
Dave in Ft. Collins, CO