How many trad gangers are traditional ONLY when it comes to archery.

frankwright · January 08, 2013, 12:05:00 PM

I had a compound for one or two seasons around 1979-80.I hated it and shot it without sights or a release.

I have always had recurves or longbows before and after that time.

Bill Turner · January 08, 2013, 01:31:00 PM

No cams for sure. Strickly a longbow shooter. Havn't fired a gun since 2000 even though I own several nice ones. Just prefer the quiet and solitude of hunting with my longbow. To each his own.

Altiman94 · January 08, 2013, 03:30:00 PM

I wish I were all traditional, that's my goal for 2013.

Longspur77 · January 08, 2013, 07:40:00 PM

If you like getting knee jerking nervous when a skinhead walks up like me then sell your wheels. I want to warn you got to have a strong ticker when the buck comes up!

Steve Chappell · January 08, 2013, 07:57:00 PM

100% traditional for over 10 years.

Bullquest · January 08, 2013, 08:00:00 PM

Sold three of my four compounds after I first started shooting a friends recurve 1 1/2 years ago. Last spring I bought my first used recurve, fell in love and spent the two archery seasons I hunted this past year (Washington and Oregon) carrying my recurve. My remaining compound is collecting dust in the closet. Don't plan on going back.

I did rifle hunt with my brother and buddy in Montana this year as our tags were already paid for.

Slickhead · January 09, 2013, 07:14:00 AM

sold my compound when I bought my first longbow.
I didnt want to me tempted in getting it out when things were not going well.

Rathbuck · January 09, 2013, 09:45:00 AM

Made the switch last year to all traditional. Hunted the early season with my recurve last year, then hunted the rut with my compound.

Enjoyed hunting with the recurve MUCH more than I did with the compound. Made the commitment over the winter, sold my compounds and went all traditional in 2012...and had a blast. Won't be going back, that's for sure!

Sam McMichael · January 09, 2013, 11:16:00 AM

Archery has always been trad only for me. When I first got involved in archery, the compound bow was not yet on the market. I got out of archery for seceral years when I got old enough to hunt with firearms, but when I again picked up the bow, I still stayed trad. For 16 consecutive seasons now, I have deer hunted exclusively with the longbow.

Wvstickbownewbie · January 09, 2013, 11:22:00 AM

Sold my compound to my Brother in Law last night. Figured was the only way to fully commit. I really enjoyed my recurve this year.

Tajue17 · January 09, 2013, 12:13:00 PM

I'm happy to say I use everything from selfbows to High performance compounds,,, depends on if I need meat in the freezer asap and if its gun season or not. if I'm truely bowhunting for hunt and enjoyment its usually no camo and most likely one of my osage selfbows,,, my passion for 26yrs has been stickbows and I prefer selfbows where I consider my recurves to be high tech, compound since 97 with a full freezer since, like shopping in the meat section.

compounds only get taken when I need meat now, which doesn't always work but beats bringing a shotgun.

when I really need to bring a bang stick its will be a primitive blackpowder, usually a flintlock..

not saying this because of this forum but if I had to pick one bow only for everything it would have to be a recurve and then I'd hide a selfbow up in the rafters and sneak it out when nobodys looking

kstout · January 09, 2013, 04:14:00 PM

I had a compound in 1976, and 1977. Went back to recurve for 1978 season. The only compound I have shot since belonged to a friend. We went bear hunting in Michigans UP. Stayed in a friends cabin on a lake. The friend got his bowtech out of the case and asked if I would like to shoot it. I drew it back and shot his arrow about 500 yards out into the lake. First and only time i ever shot with a release!

Jeff Strubberg · January 09, 2013, 04:29:00 PM

Trad only for the last 20 years. I had a compound once, got really frustrated trying to work on the dang thing.

Gave it away and never looked back. Longbows are a lot easier to tune, even if the sights do seem to get out of whack once in a while.

Brock · January 10, 2013, 09:11:00 AM

I am striving to not only be traditional only but likely go selfbow only in a year or two.....and only take down my glass bows for fun or to share with others. I want to get where I can make and shoot my own....I guess it is an evolution.

Arwin · January 10, 2013, 11:50:00 AM

Tradbow only, I got away from the mechanical devices for a reason, LOL!

Colotrad · January 10, 2013, 12:06:00 PM

22 years now.

Still addicted to speed, so I appreciate all of the 'traditional technology'.

longbowben · January 10, 2013, 12:12:00 PM

All tradbow

Andy Cooper · January 10, 2013, 12:25:00 PM

Trad bows only in my rack...

January 10, 2013, 02:23:00 PM

I only hunt with bows, so I only have bows. I have nothing for NWO to come and get, of course, they could declare a ban on bent sticks, then there will be a problem.

Pegg · January 10, 2013, 03:04:00 PM

About a year and a half ago my 13 year old son and I went to shoot trad only. Love it.