you spend hours stalking something and in the end you can't get to within your 15m sure hitting range and have to watch it walk.

wheelie guys laugh at you because you can't get a  2" 6 arrow group at 30m.

you barely miss a rabbit by the same amount as a pig.

wheelie guys say, "you hunt with that?"

your arrows weigh more than 400gr

your happy with 180fps

anyway, you can see where this is going.    go for it

My son wanted to shoot traditional this year, I have a Robertson recurve for him. I told him he wasn't ready untill he could pass up a nice buck at 25 yards because it was too far. He isn't ready. Maybe next year.

To fully enjoy being a traditional bowhunter, I think you have to be totally distanced from having to kill something before enjoying the hunt. Killing is the final destination, and to me it's the journey that's important. I am perfectly willing to be out in what God has created for us, and having a ball regardless of killing or even seeing game....if you ain't over the killing aspect, you might as well stay home.


Billy

... you post stuff on this site.  :D

... mike ...

If you have to hide you new bow from your wife

If you nock an arrow, pull on a string, bend 2 limbs, release the string,hit where your lookin', and love doin' it.   . If you enjoy walkin',stalkin, or standin' with a recurve or a longbow in your hands.  

If you wait to go traditional until your son is old enought to gun hunt....Idont mind a challange but I gotta have some meat!!!

....you slice your thumb while sharpening a woodsman and write about it on here instead of cleaning up your thumb.    

You know what "spine" means.

If your bow has a name and a personality!!

I know I'm a Traditional Bow Hunter, Because I Don't forget the wind.

If You make your own bow & arrows from wood... Your a Traditional Bow Hunter.  

Also, if you miss the target, and shatter your arrow on the rocks, and all you do is laugh, and keep shooting.  

After watching your "slam dunk" 11 yard Javelina jump the string turning completely around in the time it takes your arrow to clear the bow,, then all you can keep saying is, "that was amazing"...

A whole lot of fun.

JDSIII

When your out to dinner with your wife and all you can think about is snake skinning your bow quiver to match your bow!!

When your sitting at a studio movie grill on a date with your spouse and your reading threads on tradgang from your I phone like I'm doing right now. Also what Billy said!

If you don't carry allen wrenches in you quiver. If you don't worry about your bows timeing. If your meat dosen't come wraped in plastic. If a doe or cowhorn is a trophy. If you opt for a rick welch or masters of the bare bow dvd, in lue of the state of the union address. When your wife asks on monday, "Where is the shoot this weekend". When you see a tree in your neighbor's yard, and wonder if it would make a good bow. I could think of more, but the deer burgers are ready. DB

Shooting in the back yard until your back muscles ache.....just because you like to see arrows fly!!

Billy Shipp hit the nail right on the head about killing stuff.

When you've switched over after 23+ years of shooting wheels and now practice 5-7 days a week and love every minute.

Don't mind the fact that you've shot almost 14,000 arrows practicing in those 2.5 years of learning and still haven't harvested anything other than a target.

Actually have to work at tuning a bow...matching arrows and points to make them fly where you're looking.

Laugh when you're in a shop and hear a person complaining about a custom Bowtech taking 3 weeks to deliver upon order...I've waited close to 8 months!

I could go on...

Josh

If you own or have owned bows with names like Horne's, Mohawk,Black Widow, ThunderStick,Lewis Hollow, RER, Threadway,Shrew,Chaparral,Fedora,TurkeyCreek,Kohannah,Check-Mate,Martin, Bear,----->>>----->                                 . OR if you regularly converse with the good folks on this web site.    

Your relaxation time is spent gluing/sanding/sharpening etc..

You can tell your wife you are going beaver hunting all night and she is ok with that.