A buddy of mine is a wheelie guy who started out with a Bear Grizzly but quickly switched to compounds from frustration with lack of accuracy (he didnt practice enough) I recently went over to his house to shoot.  He had his compound, I had a couple of my longbows.  I shot mostly from 15-20 yards, he would step out to 30-40-50.  Toward the end of the day I finally convinced him to dust off the Grizzly, string it up and join me.  We then proceeded to have more laughs and more fun shooting than we had all day.  He did ok shooting too.  We even stepped out to 30 and didn't do half bad.  At the end of the day he scratched his head and admitted maybe there was something to this trad archery stuff.  Don't think he's converted so much as he has a respect for it and isn't selling his Grizzly any time soon.

I converted Ajooter who's on here, it didn't take much he was overly frustrated with the amount of unnecessary contraptions and gimics in the wheelie world and just plain thought that traditional was super cool! However, I may be regretting what I did  :eek:  I think I created a monster, he now has more bows than I do!

Whenever we shoot together whether it be target, 3d or stumpin he out shoots me every step of the way.     he one of the handful of people that I've ever met that's just a natural born archer! Course, it doesn't hurt to be as strong as a bull and can hold a 60# bow all day      

100 maybe more - started with getting guys to go to using ONE sight pin on a compound late 70s - easy jump after that
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I think an interesting side note in this post is the number of people who've switched to x-bows - when everyone pushing x-bows in the archery season tells us they will only bring more people into the sport.  

There are those of us who enjoy seeing the flight of the arrow, the feel of the pull of the bow, the beauty of a simple bow - others who are only concerned about putting another animal down.  

I started out shooting a recurve - pre compound days, then shot a compound for 20+ years until they got so heavy, ugly and complicated that I couldn't shoot them with fingers anymore, see the arrow fly, or tote them up and down the hills.  Went "back" to a stick bow, and wouldn't "bowhunt" any other way.  Stick bow shooters aren't any "better" than others, just motivated in a different way.  It seems to me that stickbow hunters, in general, seem to be a little more relaxed, a little less ego driven, and a little closer to nature.  And a lot of them hunt a lot and kill far more game than many compound luggers I see.  The compound driven archery business has done a great job of convincing people that they would be far better off with a compound - now the x-bows are using the same tactic.  Won't be long and a compound will be traditional!

Like my hunting buddy above and his side-kick, I too converted my long time friend, Lindle Nickell.  Now the sucker is probably shooting better than me.  

I am anxious to see how he shoots at the TN Classic.  We we have a wager going as he has become quiet the "cock of the walk" now with his shooting prowess.

I think he saw how much fun I had shooting my stick bows over the years and just had to take the plunge.  

This will be his second full year, he has had a couple of disapointments during that time, but I think he will defenitely connect on a deer or hog this year!