In high school I hunted with a bear kodiak and when I got out of school I quit hunting because I was to busy working and just living life. I got back into bowhunting 2 yrs ago when I was 36 . I would not have ever lost those 18 year if I knew what I know now. For some reason I have been led back to this wonderful world of traditional archery and I refuse to leave I am here till I go toes up.

Since I had owned a longbow or recurve since 1956 I regret being lured by Tom Jennings siren song in 1973 and buying that wood handled monstrosity he came up with. I also regret getting sidetracked from all archery for 10 years or so when I was consumed with retrievers and duck hunting.

Maybe the biggest regret I have is that archery is not as innocent as it was when I was young and some of the intial romance is gone.

QuoteOriginally posted by reddogge:
 I also regret getting sidetracked from all archery for 10 years or so when I was consumed with retrievers and duck hunting.
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I also got consumed by Duck hunting,I remember calling out of work to many times from my duck blind...LOL

I would've started shooting with a recurve instead of a longbow, shorter learning curve for me, and I would've have traveled bowhunting a little more!!! still plenty of time to travel tho!!! J

I would have got Rod Jenkins to adopt me at an early age

I think I have done it the best I could. I figured it out fairly young that a recurve was my deal. I hunt a lot always have. If it is the hunting season and I cant go I am not happy and the people around me are not generaly happy because of it. I know I get to hunt more than most but I wish I could of got more hunting in.

i started out trad
i wish id of never went to the darkside
dang 5 year black eye
oh well been back to shootin sticks for quite a while

I would have started sooner.

I would have ordered my favorites a lot earlier.

God bless,Mudd

Love to hunt! Just used my longbows over anything else for the past 35 years. Started bowhunting at 11 w/35# lb. Not much I'd change cept hunt more.

I stayed out of archery for quite a while as a young guy when I became old enough to handle firearms. No real regret there. But I do wish that when I got back into archery I had known about the traditional bow hunter organizationms and Trad Gang. For a long time, I thought I was a lone voice in the wilderness. I just didn't know there were other traditional guys close around.

That I would have return back to traditional archery sooner!

I would have bought land to hunt on with my friends,could have had all i wanted for 300 a acre back then.Who knew how things would change.

Started sooner!!

The Consensus is: "I Wish I Had Started Earlier", at least that is what I get out of this. I agree, but I also agree with what Terry  Green said. If I hadnt started the way I did, I wouldnt be where I am.    
  If I had it to do over, I wish my Father had been into Archery as much as I was. He wasnt exactly an Outdoorsman, and We missed out on a Lot of Quality Time together. That being said Its been a Great Time thusfar!!      

If I hadn't gotten married, and if I studied harder and got a better job, and if I had more free time, and if I shot better, and if I had more drive to do far away hunts, and if I lived in Alaska, and. . . .

I coulda been a contender.

Now I am just me. .    
ChuckC

I would have married Terry Green!

QuoteOriginally posted by fmscan:
I would have married Terry Green!

HMMMMM!    :eek:

I would not change one thing. Its been a long journey, arduous and trying at times,but has rewarded me with a sense of direction, focus, and feelings of accomplishment. I've met some good people to travel with along the way and know that their will be more to travel my path with,weigh all that up and I come out on top. Enjoyed every darn minute of it!

My Indian recurve delaminated and I went to buy a new one in 1972.  I got sold a compound.  Luckily I came back.