So I want to know what is the meaning of traditional Archery to you and how did it change you.
please no bickering it's a personal opinion!  

It didn't change me at all because it was the only game in town when I started.  So in effect it's going back to my roots.  I've always loved the arc of the arrow.

No wheels,sights,releases,expandable broadheads,20 yards and under .Recurve,longbow,fingers,point and shoot!! This is my two cents!! Oh and a lot more fun.

I think everyone is afraid to awnser?

ONE STRING  

Traditional archery?  Only one string (or cable)on the bow.
Everything else is about the same except the compound shooter brags about how far he shot, and the trad shooter brags about how close he got to make the shot.

whooo two replys when I was typin mine  

The journey not the destination.

Jcar315 I like that responce

QuoteOriginally posted by jcar315:
The journey not the destination.

OOO I like  

Effort challenge and integrity.

Fun.

a bow with one string, sights or no sights.

I am by far more a throw back then a modern kind of guy. I appreciate things you need to work at and develop. Verses the just add water instant kind of society we live in today. Traditional archery is my passion and my escape from the worries and the pace of today. I suppose the way it has changed me is it has given me greater appreciation of various skills people have worked hard to learn and become good during the course of their lifetimes. And above all the greatest appreciation of God's creation.

Jcar315                  

Its hunting and not killing and telling everyone what a great season you had. Killing a doe or small deer and being so happy and thankful as you would be with monster buck. Its a trophy by the experience and not by measurements of the horns. Its having the most fun ever and becoming one with nature. Its doing all of this while carrying  a stick and string.

Good people.......good fun......nothing more,nothing less!!! Maybe the thrill of the hunt also!

It's just Archery to me.  Nothing traditional about it ,no romance, no touchy feely zen anything.

I shoot the archery equipment I choose because I think it's the best weapon for me to hunt with.  

Nothing changed for me when I switched to hunting with a longbow.  I'm the same person, I hunt the same way, I just have less complicated equipment, which makes for a better hunting weapon, in my opinion.

My hero...........my Daddy.

I look up to Howard and Jerry Hill. I strive to build bows as nice as these two men. Jerry has been such a help to me not only in building bows but shooting as well. I could not repay him for the kindness he has shown me. I only wish I could have known Mr. Howard as Jerry and my Dad had known him. My dad has told me of a very kind and honorable man that was Howard Hill and how welcome he felt being in his home.

Thank you and God bless you three for giving me the love of archery.

Joshua

An extension of my body in the bow arm and my personality on a string.

For me it's the simplicity of it all and the flight of the arrow that I guided to the target. There's much more to it than that, but these two things are the most meaningful to me.......IJ