Why traditional archery?

Don Stokes · October 07, 2011, 04:19:00 PM

Murphy's Law, and the KISS principle.

Stump73 · October 07, 2011, 05:19:00 PM

WElcome!!!

Cyclic-Rivers · October 07, 2011, 06:57:00 PM

FUN

woodchucker · October 07, 2011, 07:30:00 PM

Like Javi said... When I started, it was just archery!!!

joe ashton · October 07, 2011, 08:31:00 PM

1000s of years of history
tradition
robin hood
Fred bear
G Fred
pope
young
howard hill
simple
quiet
deadly

beautiful
arrows fly slow enough to see them in flight
light
magic

Sam McMichael · October 07, 2011, 09:20:00 PM

I first started as a kid back in the 50's when there was no such thing as a compound bow. Later, I got caught up in the boom of the rifle and stayed out of archery for a number of years. When I felt the urge to take up the bow again, I naturally reached for my recurve. Later, I transitioned to the longbow and have been shooting it almost exclusively since about 1990. I have shot a few compounds but just never really liked them. I just like the old ways, and not necessarily just in my hunting methods.

njloco · October 07, 2011, 09:48:00 PM

All of you describe, why Trad. very well !

Scattergun2570 · October 07, 2011, 10:42:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by sawtoothscream:
i shoot both compounds and trad. i shot compounds for a long time befor ei even got serious into trad. the compound just got really boring to me and i wanted a change. Trad was like relearning how to shoot all over again and brought he fun back to archery. It just makes me more happy. I love the looks of a well crafted longbow and hw simple they are. Just something about it draws me in. I still like the compound but the longbow is by far more fun to shoot to me.

That`s how I feel after 18 months of compound shooting.

LBJOE · October 08, 2011, 04:14:00 AM

When I look at the other posts and even this one I know why traditional. I thought earlier it was obsession. I know it now to be passion.

overbo · October 08, 2011, 11:20:00 AM

WHY??????????
Because of all the why not reasons.

The Whittler · October 08, 2011, 10:20:00 PM

One word ( because).

Nattybumppo · October 08, 2011, 10:29:00 PM

I drive an old truck, I shoot old rifles, collect old wheel guns, and shoot recurves. It just fits. I just enjoy it.

Then there's that whole shaken thing when I kill a deer. It just doesn't happen all that much when I kill with something else.

straitera · October 09, 2011, 12:18:00 PM

Why? Suits me nicely.

monterey · October 09, 2011, 06:53:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Javi:
Cause it wasn't traditional when I started shooting, it was just archery.. :D

Absolutely!!!! I have LBs, recurves, static recurves, a couple compounds, some beautiful milsurp rifles (some go back to 1876), a couple modern guns, a bunch of muzzle loaders.... etc., etc.

It's the hunting that is the passion, not necessarily the tools employed. Not to be mistaken for a passion to kill things. The hunting is all about the place, the time, the camp, the weather, the friends!

October 10, 2011, 01:35:00 AM

A buddy of mine once said "I don't do this (trad hunting) because it is easy; I do it because it is HARD!!!

I agree it is an obsession.

Bisch

Drakho · October 10, 2011, 09:58:00 AM

On my side, I just can't shoot well with a sight and really love the feel of trad bows (recurve and longbows).

I build my arrows, the next step is the bow and then, maybe, primitive archery :D

Sirius Black · October 10, 2011, 07:54:00 PM

Welcome!