Doesn't bother me one bit what someone hunts with or what they think about how I'm hunting! I do it legal and hopefully they do as well. Oh yeah, I'm havin' tons of fun doing my way!

It would be better for me because I made the wooden arrows.  But that is my personal thing.

George you said it best my friend.  

no difference to me, if your just hunting its a great thing. Billy

It's a personal thing.

For me to shoot an animal with a self bow I made, harvested from a tree that I planted, arrows that I made from the arrow bamboo that I grow in the back yard, and points that I made from rhyolite that I hauled from a site nearby, that would be the ultimate. Also, I would have made the quiver, and would have further enhanced my camo with live branches tied to my clothing. I may even field dress the harvest with a steel or stone knife that I made as well. That (to me) would be the ultimate. Again, it's a personal thing.

Seems many go through stages of what they feel is right at a particular time in their archery career. Shoot what you enjoy,satisfaction should only be measured from within.

No, but I like to hunt with Wood....I think that you should use what gives you the most confidence so you make a clean kill.


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Glenn

Nope not all..but i have admiration for folks that go the extra mile and build woodies, selfbows, knap heads etc.... I also have admiration for folks that hunt only from the ground.....

The only person you need to satisfy is you! shoot what you want and don't worry what others think.

No difference to me. I think some people realy like making up their own wood arrows and that is great. They really do look neat, but I love my carbons.

Of course it matters!

To the person that has an opinion on everything, not his way.

Otherwise, Nope.

You can't kill anything with a carbon or aluminum arrow that a wooden arrow won't kill.The distance of an average Traditional kill shot doesn't require that your arrow be within +/- .003".We all experience different levels of satisfaction with the various equipment we choose.
I'm sure taking game with a weapon made entirely by you using only the resources found in nature gives a different feeling of accomplishment.
Not BETTER just DIFFERENT.

to me i think it would be a greater accomplishment just for personal satisfaction but i think ANY deer buck or doe is a trophy if taken with trad equipment. Personally i shoot aluminum and wood but wood is my favorite. I tried carbon and to me its out of place on a longbow or recurve but thats just me, to each his own.

I'm sure that if the stone age peoples had aluminum or carbon arrows or even quality Port Orford Cedar available to them they would've shot them instead of what they shot.

Sure, I would feel more of a sense of accomplishment had I harvested my whitetail deer with river cane arrows or even wood arrows versus aluminum or carbon. But, I wouldn't go as far as to say modern arrow materials are any less trad.

The beauty of a method is in the eye of the beholder. It's all in the individual's way of looking at it. like said above: Selfbows and knapped heads, and cane/wood arrows would be a special accomplishment.

if the arrow heads are Knapped left handed they are ok! right handed arrow heads shouldn't be allowed as everyone knows the original were done left handed tand thats only real acceptable way of traditionalist! ----------right?

A wood arrow never made my hunt any more difficult than an aluminum, carbon or fiberglass arrow...nor did the man made shafts make the hunt any easier. The odds were the same, scent elimination was the same, remaining undetected was the same, pre season scouting was the same, hanging the stand was the same, practice was the same...everything was the same. The choice of arrow shaft material never enters my mind at the moment of truth.

Anyone who has hunted with traditional equipment for very long knows that taking any animal is a  great accomplishment. Taking an animal with gear that you have made yourself,(bows, arrows,  points, strings) adds to that accomplishment. But in no way does that lessen anyone elses.

But those guys that shoot carbons from a selfbow still make me scratch my head..LOL

Eric

Challenge is a personal matter, more affected by opportunities for learning and the environment you hunt in than by the equipment you use.  I think the key is to set the bar where whatever you use imposes a substantial personal challenge with some reasonable prospect for success.

No, but then again I don't harvest critters, I kill them.