Trad Gang

Hello all.
Looking for other Canadian members...
Any Northern Ontario shooters around?
     :archer:    
T Y S M (thank you so much)

Michael.

I'm in Barrie along with four other guys that shoot Trad.  A couple of us belong to York County Bowmen which has been around since 1956 and is just outside of Newmarket. Trad archery is getting stronger within the club which also has a good number of Olympic and compound archers. We have about 300 members, indoor 20 yd range and outdoor 3D on 50 or so acres. If you are in the area, drop me a PM and let's go shooting.

Hi Michael...let me know if you want to come hunt

What part of Ontario are you from. I'm one of the 4 guys in Barrie.
Cheers Darcy  :archer:    :goldtooth:

Hey, I'm from Thunder Bay. Been Hunting Trad for about a year now.

Im in Sudbury...  

When are the Barrie shoots?

Any clubs out in TBay?

How close is Mirrior to Airdrie?

Hello from Whitehorse Yukon!!!

Hey guys.Just moved to Peterborough 2 weeks ago.Setting up my bowmaking shop, and should be back in business in a couple of weeks from now. Really like the area, and the people are very friendly. Need to find someone to shoot with though.

Here is a place to check out fellas .
http://www.kawarthatraditionalarchery.info/

QuoteOriginally posted by m.wiw:
How close is Mirrior to Airdrie?

About 170 km

Jeff in St Albert, Alberta.  For the Albertans, don't forget to join the ATBA.  The Jamboree each summer is fantastic fun for the family.

Currently in Afghanistan dreaming about hunting season!

Well you get home safe Jeff and claim that buck!  :archer:

It feels so good for me to chat with people from all over, all walks of life....  Thanks TradGang!

There's a fair sized archery club in TBAY, couple of 3d shoots each season etc. And a lot of Bowhunters but only a handful of guys hunting traditional. Like I  said I'm still fairly new to it though so there might be more I just haven't run into yet

QuoteOriginally posted by m.wiw:
Well you get home safe Jeff and claim that buck!   :archer:  

It feels so good for me to chat with people from all over, all walks of life....  Thanks TradGang!

Thanks.  My two boys asked me to take them backcountry bowhunting this year.  I nearly fell over.  Can't wait to come home and start getting ready.  A year overseas missing my family and hunting.  Now I get the best of both.

TTT.

I still cannot understand why canadians cannot seem to put their  City,and Province in their TG profiles??  :banghead:

QuoteOriginally posted by SERGIO VENNERI:
TTT.

I still cannot understand why canadians cannot seem to put their  City,and Province in their TG profiles??   :banghead:  

Corrected....

Bob from Beautiful Francois Lake in central BC. Welcome!!  :bigsmyl:

Northern Ontario , Does Timmins qualify ? Heck Smooth Rock Falls is the defination of N Ont . Nine months of freezing weather and three months of poor sleding .
   So far back in the bush you had to come out to hunt . LOL
   
   PS . Now in Chillwack BC (90 km from Pacific) and am going Salmon fishing nereby and wading in the water not walking on it . I know rather smug LOL .

I cannot type the letters r or d on my laptop any longer so difficult to send messages that make sense...I am on a tablet right now that I can use at times...to clarify I live about 170 km to the north and east of Airdrie (which is pretty much part of Calgary now)...I am about 70 km east of Red Deer in some of the best whitetail and mule deer country anywhere

Hey M.WiW.... if you are looking for a traditional experience, then check out E.T.A.R.in PA( eastern traditional archery rendezous) last weekend of July. Us Barrie boys have been going for 8 years now and it is worth the drive. The courses are excellent and venders are usually some of the best out there.If you get a chance check it out.
Cheers Darcy  :thumbsup:    :archer2:

Thanks Sergio,  its not a Canadian thing though...  It was just me.

:archer2:

Howdy,
From beautifull downtown PincherCreek, AB.
Regards.
Bert.  :archer2:

Hi Michael

From your neighboring Province. Manitoba.

Mo

Welcome from Saskatchewan!

Vermilion ,Alberta.  Welcome

I'm not from Canada but I sure enjoy threads like this as I've been in several different provinces and it's fun to see where people who's posts I've read for years both on this site and others are from. Some of these places I've passed through and have fond memories of.

The chances are slim but guys I'd love to meet someday are Sergio, Damascus Dave and Bert Frelink. Many others...   :)

More from Saskatchewan,Swift Current to be exact.SW corner of the province,Mule Deer and Whitetail hunting bar none.Great fishing and tops for birds.

Thank everyone for being so inviting.
I'm not a person hard up for feelings, but a place to share my passion is next to nothing these days.

Hello from the far south of Ontario, Amherstburg.  There's a few tradganger's around this area.

Manny from Montreal here

Frank from Beautiful downtown Wasaga Beach (LOL), World's largest fresh water beach. I shoot and hunt with 5 of the best guys in Trad, Harl, Theo, Mitch, Mike and Jestin. Shoot a deer and they are there to help ( Ok, doesn't happen much ). Harl is our group's "Motivational Speaker. Just try and make a technical error while shooting and prepare to feel the wrath of Harl. Trad is alive and well in Ontario.

:campfire:

Hey guys, I'm Laurie from Comox on Vancouver Island. There are quite a few trad archers here, There is a club in Duncan that has approx 300 or so members including all archery disciplines.

Formerly from Victoria, BC, currently calling Terrace, BC home.

Welcome Laurie!!

Nice to see so many trad hunters...

Hello from Timiskaming shores(half way between North Bay and Timmins).

Transplant from Vancouver to Ottawa - lots more room to shoot out here next to the Ottawa river - also have access to my wife's families various homes in the Ottawa valley or Laurentians for stumping/hunting - we're teeming with white tails, wild turkey, red fox, coyotes & have even briefly sighted what's could only have been a cougar - M

Hello, from Barrie ON.  It is nice to see a number of Canadian members on this site.  Bluenose, what is the York County Bowmen's Club like?  I have been considering joining a club for a while but never sure of which one.

Here's another Tradganger from the east coast, NS to be exact.  Hello to all!

Another from Nova Scotia, Cananda....Dartmouth to be exact.

Aim Small/Miss Small

Bernie

Kamloops B.C. Not many trad shooters around here. I hunt alone most of the time but I like it that way.

Winnipeg, Manitoba. Locked down in a wind/snow storm today....what else is new!

Ryan; we are in the process of locking down for a storm. I think it's coming from Manitoba!? Did you have anything to do with this??LOL  :biglaugh:

Campbell River BC on Vancouver Island.  Stump shooting capital of Canada!

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Maybe this will work

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Now that is a stump!!  :eek:    :eek:    :bigsmyl:

Is that Doug Fir? Of course the birch out here are only a little smaller ...
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Yup. An old fir stump probably logged in the '30s.

Hello Michael, Bob from Waterloo, Ontario just getting back into traditional archery. Started with traditional for twenty years then went to a compound and crossbow. I decided to go back to traditional just recently. I have purchased a Great Northern Super Ghost 62 inch 55 lbs @ 28 inches. Looking forward to turkey season. Would love to get up your way for moose hunting again.

Hi there everybody!

Just spotted this thread.

I haven't been around much lately because of building a new home, but I promise, I'll be back with a vengeance when it's finally finished... right now, I'm in a race to finish for bear season!

Waskaganish is a small native community on the shore of James Bay at the mouth of the Rupert River.

A couple hundred years ago everyone here was a traditional bowhunter, LOL, but right now it's just me!

You hurry back, ya hear!!  :wavey:

Hello, Canadian Tradgangers. I am in Kingston, Ontario - a longbow shooter and supporter of KTAC (Kawartha Traditional Archers)

Very excited for the moose stalk... Following that majestic beasts is going to be incredible. Maybe even form a deep connection with one.

Great response Canada!!!

Welcome aboard to m.wiw and Elements! I am from Ontario but about 6 hours south of Sudbury. I don't belong to a club as ours disolved a few years ago but I shoot regularly in the summer with 4-5 guys. Great site!!  :wavey:

Edmonton, Alberta. Great weather here until today. Richard

regina, saskatchewan
welcome

Just a question for the participants on this forum - not sure if this should be a new thread or not. However, for the respondents here, do you belong to a traditional only organization within your home territory or any club that has a united front for traditional or primitive archery and/or bowhunting. It would seem Ontario has a lot of archery organizations, however, very few unique to traditional archery - the odd traditional gathering here and there, but not aware of any other specific clubs than KTAC ( Kawartha Traditional Archers)

Alberta Traditional Bowhunters Association for me , Ken

Alright Ken! Another kwyk Styk shooter!  :thumbsup:

KTAC is the only trad only club in Ontario. Years ago there use to be alot more trad only shoots around .

I live in Winnipeg!

Frank
I'm a member of the Traditional Bowhunters of Manitoba. I'm also  a member of ABAM.
Archers and Bowhunters Association of Manitoba.

Lots of Trad guys spread out all over our province.

Mo

I don`t think there is any purely bowhunter organizations in Ontario anymore after the oba [ Ontario bowhunters assocciation ] disolved so there is no Traditional Asso. here that I know of. Soooo . Not to many Trad shoots anymore due to much work for us old f---ts to organize these days . Bill from KTAC does his best for a one man effort but targets are expensive to keep up .

I hail from The Edmonton area.

Big Grey, I still have an OBA hat and the Field notes from the former OBA. There was a great nucleus of OBA members from Northern Ontario as I recall.

Pretty new here and to trad. Updated my profile to show I'm in Hamilton, Ontario.

'cept it didnt work...

Never mind. Its there now :-P

TTT

Sorry it`s Fred not Bill at KTAC , brain still working but in the wrong gear. Most Trad guys are kind of loners anyway but it would be also nice to have our own Trad Asso. here in Ontario . Buckhorn 47 those were much simpler times of the OBA years but good ones .

I agree totally, Neal

Canada eh!!! Hi guys and gals, I'm from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. We have 2 archery clubs here but only a few (maybe 15 or so) trad shooters and we still have a good time. I'm going to try to make it to the March Madness this year in Sudbury. I'm retired, which is why my wife gave me the "Idle" part in my handle Canadian Idle. This is a great site and happy to be part of "The Gang".  ...Lloyd

I just knew we had a Canadian Idol somewhere in this Country.

Way down in southern Ontario here. Anyone from Ontario going to the Oxford fish and game club shoot in March?

Hope to see you at March Madness Canadian Idle...  I sure hope my hand is good enough by then..  Tried last night and im still shooting the ground, just can't hold it up...
Very excited for the tourney (even just to watch).

Hockey7, I am planning on being there for the Saturday, at least - a lot depends on weather and driving conditions.

I'm going to try for March Madness too. I've done it once before and it was a hoot!

I'm on Manitoulin Island myself.

Nice Jake!!!

Hello from
Sainte-Anne-Des-Plaines
Quebec CANADA.

MAY THE SPIRIT OF FRED BEAR GUIDE OR ARROWS.

Just north of Sturgeon Falls (30 KM west of North Bay).

Hello from Calgary Alberta , we have quite a large following of traditional archers here and throughout Alberta north south east and west. There are some great hunting opportunities here, but the hardest most times is just getting permission to hunt on some of these properties. There are many shoots throughout the year so you get to shoot under many conditions as you would get in many hunting situations, you get an opportunity to shoot with and meet some awesome people here from all over, and not just from Alberta. The 2 biggest shoots that we have for me are the NALS= North American Longbow Safari that rotates between a location one year here in Canada and following year in the United States, the other big shoot is the Heritage Classic Jamboree that is put on through the ATBA= Alberta Traditional Bowhunters Association, which is open to both longbows and recurve shooter, the NALS is longbow only and broadheads only other than flu flu arrows for the aerial targets which have field points.
These are the biggest traditional archery shoots but there are many more that take place giving archers a chance to shoot, meet, meet some of the great traditional bowyers that also come and setup at these shoots, as well as some of the traditional suppliers of archery related gear from shafting , feathers, points, arm guards etc, and make some great friends because over time these shoots are like big family get togethers because over time we do become a very close and closer knit family. So come on out, loose some arrows and become part of the family brotherhood extended family, if you are a loner and just want to shoot then that will be respected as well, but just come on out and shoot and have fun.

Rich, how many members would the Alberta Traditional Bowhunters maintain at the present time?

Hello fellow Canadians and Albertans, Innisfail Alberta here! maybe just a little off topic, but any albertans know of good central Ab hardwood stores that sell osage and yew at good prices I would love to hear about them! *in a pm of course*  :)

Buckhorn if I gave you a number I would be making it up, but I can tell you that there are many , sorry for not being able to give you something more accurate but the people in charge could certainly give you an accurate count to date.

Hey all, Collin over in Peterborough.  Glad to finally find my way to the forum, and catch up with other Canadians!   :)   Must say, picked a great spot to move to, for ranges and Trad stuff, being more recent to it all!

There is a Traditional only Rendezvous this weekend from 26th -28th at Kawartha Traditional archery. Check out the web site. camping,Vendors,3D shooting and some fun events.
Kevin

Sorry date should have read August 16th to 18th

Member of the West Kootenay Archer's As. which is made up of mainly compound shooters with a few of us trad boys thrown in just to keep them honest. Also a member of the Traditional Bowhunters of B.C. which is all trad and I hail from Genelle here in the Kootenays of B.C. I shoot Bear takedown recurves and cari-bow longbows. Howdy all!
  :wavey:

From Green Hill, Pictou Co. in Northern Nova Scotia.
I don't get out much, bit of a hermit, but there are a pretty good bunch of trad guys spread around the province. This place is easier for me to stay connected.

Hello all,

Adam Brennan from the west, haha.

Calgary for now anyways.