As a new member, for those who may not know who I am, traditonal archery has been a way of life for me.  I've walked the walk and talked the talk for many years.  I've packed a traditional longbow from the Alaska wilderness to the jungles of the Panama Canal.  It's recently been brought to my attention that I have been the discussion on Tradgang as well as in other chat rooms, particularly the Howard Hill Longbowmen.  Since I am on the subject of Hill, as my friend John Schulz would say, "let's set the record straight."  I have the greatest admiration for the Hill Company and everyone who shoots a Hill bow as well as other traditonal bows.  I shot one myself for more than 20 years.  While shooting the hill bow I have met some outstanding traditional archers.  The old kind.  Felt hat, plaid shirt, archers that had a love for the sport and the traditonal way.  I beleive it was the 70's when the majority of bow companies left traditonal archery and jumped on the band wagon for compound bows.  The two companies that held steadfast were Black Widow Archery and Howard Hill Archery.  There may have been others but these were the two I remember.  I knew many of the Hill people that were involved in the business.  John Schulz and all his boys were the ones I knew the best.  I never had the opportunity to meet the late, legendary Howard Hill as has been reported in some chat rooms. In the future I hope to learn from other traditonal archers and express my personal opinions as well.  I consider myself a right winger and can be very straight forward in my opinions.  On the other hand I can be meek and possibly learn from other opinions.
GAry Sentman

WELL i believe you will like this site and welcome to the TRAD GANG
DEAN

welcome aboard!!!! i  LOVE your bows and hope to have one in the near future. i believe you will like this site as there are many old fashioned, plaid wearing archers and hunters here.

Gary, I have heard of you for years and nothing but good stuff. Welcome to the gang.

Welcome aboard, Gary!   Hope to hear from you often.   I love your bows too!  And,  don't hold back!                        mr.chuck

Gary' it's great to have you aboard!!  i'm sure you will have a lot of positive things to contribute!!

Hi Gary.  I have never seen one of your bows but I found a second hand copy of an instrucional video that you made and I like it a lot.  Glad you are here.  Mike.

Gary....
   Welcome to the Gang.

Hi Gary, looking forward to hearing from you.

Welcome Aboard!There are many here who hold your same convictions.

What took you so long to get here? I figured you would have been visiting this site for a long time.
Anyway, Welcome. I had one of your Moosejaws once, but couldn't pull it after having surgery and had to get a lighter bow. Sure liked it though.

Welcome.     Your knowledge and experience will be a great benefit to this site.

Sir you make one of the finest longbows, I have ever shot. Probably the fastest also. Your articles in Instinctive Archer Mgazine were outstanding. You should consider making a hunting DVD and writing a book.

Welcome to the board! Where's Ferret? He's definitely one of the plaid-wearing traditionalists around here. Lots of other good folks here too! Again, welcome.

Welcome! Glad to see ya here.

Gary, I met you at the Western States Rendezvous in Packwood, WA in 2005 and again at the Moses Lake Shoot this past April.  I had always admired your regular features in Instinctive Archery magazine and would also love to read more of your work.  

Many folks here may not be aware of your record breaking feat in the mid 1970's of pulling a 176# bow a full 28".  

I was shooting with Fred Anderson this past week when he mentioned your name as someone he respected and with whom he would enjoy some stump shooting.  

Thanks for being a part of trad archery since people like you make it great.

Gary we have spoke on the phone a few times. My Son (BowSniper)has one your bows and loves it. Welcome to the Gang.......Mark

Welcome to the gang Gary!  I shot one of your bows for a good while, still wish I would have kept that one!      

Welcome to the  "Family"  We Call  "TradGang"  Gary!!     Glad to have ya!!  

Glad to meet ya.