Trad Gang

I really don't like anything else. HaHa.

I hate looking for the right arrow combo,making the arrows, sharpening the broadheads, tuning a new bow, making quivers....I just want to shoot and hunt and hang out with my hunting buddies. HaHa.

Just wondering if anyone else is like that? I wish I had a bottemless quiver that I could just pull ready made arrows out.

Nope not me, I luv everything about this lifestyle! The more I put into it, the more I get out of it    :thumbsup:

I am on the other end of the spectrum. I love all the steps that lead up to, and the shooting and hunting.  Hard work makes the experience all the sweeter for me.  I love making arrows, quivers, etc...  But then again I am a bit of a do it myself freak.  The only thing I don't like is sharpening my single bevel broadheads, fortunately KME helps me with that part.

I am by nature NOT a tinkerer. I can't fix squat. My way of fixing plumbing or house issues is to work an extra shift and pay for it....

Now this sport is the exact opposite! I love messing with arrows, building archery related stuff. Heck 3 years ago I didn't know what a feather chopper was. Now I'm teaching my kids how to make fletching out of the turkies we kill and wingbone yelpers for other folks. It is a lifestyle thing and other than my family life nothing gives me more joy than this sport of ours  :)  Oh yea, the shooting and hunting is the nuts too  ;)

I love it all. I made one bow and won't be making another because I don't have the space or equiptment for it. Otherwise I try to make all my stuff. I make and now sell a lot of leather goods for archery and really love being creative and making a product that could easily last hundreds of years. Frank

I wish I could have an attitude more like you guys. I actually only shoot one arrow at a time because I lose less that way...and I don't want to make more!   :D

No foreplay?

 

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Wham Bam!

Now that you put it THAT way Killdeer, I do feel lie I be missing something-in this sport!  :biglaugh:

Killdeer, you keep me laughing everytime I read your posts! You should have been a comedian.  Ben

i like foreplay too

Around here the fore play is better than the hunting!!!   :saywhat:    :biglaugh:

Nope, I love the fact that I'm always learning something new. Don't matter what I think I know, someone always proves there is more to learn!   :biglaugh:

I'm with Killdeer, but my wife doesn't like hunting or foreplay. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Seriously, its all about the preparation for one chance/shot.

I must say that the Hunting is my favorite part of the equation.  And I enjoy shooting a lot.  The arrow building, tuning, and broadhead sharpening are part of the process, and they help fill in the gaps when I'm not DOING the shooting and hunting. I can also fletch with the size, shape and color of feathers that I want. Oh, yeah, I love reading and learning about the history of bowhunting.  But I'm a hunter;  if it weren't for the HUNTING, I probably wouldn't do any of the other stuff.  And I'm not particularly crazy about camping for camping's sake.

I also tie flies for fishing, but I wouldn't turn a single hackle if I wasn't going to cast it to a fish.....

    :campfire:

Yeah, me. The day I bare shaft tune an arrow you can wheel me into the nursing home. Touch up your broadheads, get close, pick a spot... and spend the rest of the time enjoying nature and all its mysteries. Cheers, Don

Well I have to admit that I haven't hunted in a couple of years(just haven't had time) but still enjoy shooting. Same in that I do enjoy all types of fishing(fresh and saltwater) but have spent the last 7yrs competing in longcasting tournaments more than fishing. I to build my own arrows and bowstrings aswell as my own rods for tournaments and fishing.

Juan, I'm the same, I love shooting a bow but I'm not interested in the rest of it. I hate making arrows, simply not interested in doing it and more than happy to pay somebody else (who knows what they are doing) to do it for me.

I didn't even bother with the tuning, I just get an identical bow as my buddy and use the same arrows as him  :D

to me this is more than a sport its a way of life and theres not a part of it i dont want to experience and master . i becomes so personal when you make your own equiptment right now i make arrows next is strings than bows i cant wait to make my own bows.  :campfire:    :coffee:    :archer2:

I'm always tinkering w/ my broadheads, arrows and archery equipment. Ask my wife.

I'm always tinkering with my wife  :rolleyes:  ask my broadheads!

... mike ...  :D  ...

I also really enjoy doing habitat improvements and scouting/blind building. I've been doing so once a week since snowmelt. I enjoy it at least as much as the actual hunting season, if not more.

Shooting a deer is easy. Selecting the perfect spot and making the perfect setup is the hard part.

The only thing I don't care for is broadhead sharpening. I have a hangup that a head should be razor sharp out of the box. To me, it's like buying a brand new truck off the lot, but then having to paint it at home. My .02.

Though I still make replacement stuff when it becomes necessary, I don't particularly enjoy it; not like I once did.  I no longer enjoy the shooting all that much but do practice enough to maintain my skill.  Same with flintlock shooting.
Hunting partner of 18 years, passed away last year.  Huntin' Grizz just wasn't quite the same this Spring.  Expect Moose/Caribou camp will loose a bit of its luster this Fall.
Please do not misunderstand, am not feeling sorry for myself.  Just seems to be the way things are, getting old and living the isolated life style I have chosen for my remaining years.  I look forward to getting up every morning and enjoying whatever the day may bring; be it rain, snow or sunshine.
Think I will finish my morning coffee and string up the longbow.  It is good to be alive in this wonderful land.
Best Wishes

I prefer the whole package! Hunting, Shooting, Tinkering with my equipment.

Score one for the US Postal Service. "Killdeer" rocks.   :laughing:

I love all of it, but hunting the most. To me, it's all preparation for hunting, and trying to get the most out of your equipment so that there's no excuses when the moment of truth comes around
I love trying to get the best performance out of my equipment, and especially building arrows that will be dependable and consistent in any conditions  ;)  I even built a precision shooting machine I'm going to use when tuning time comes around.

Craig

Love it all!

I love everything about it,I can not get enough of it.

I do most of my foreplay in the winter when hunting season is over and "baby, it's cold outside".
Once 3-d & hunting season starts i'm set and ready to go.