I think the whole thing has got of hand...i wonder how many people here were shooting compounds within the last decade ?
Archery is a test of skill and is meant to be fun . When Doug Chase hunts with a metal handle recurve is he suddenly not "Trad" enough for everyone ? Ditto Rod Jenkins or Jason Westbrock ...
A good shot is a good shot regardless of equipment . The few times i actually go to shoots, my Hill style bows and wood arrows happily compete with their more modern designs ... if i lose [ which i do ! ] its because i didn't shoot as well as the other guy. Nothing more nothing less, regardless of poundage, bow materials or aiming systems. I'm just happy that people are turning up to shoot arrows at all rather than playing XBox

Woke up to this one this morning and decided the prior response was very poorly worded and needed to be corrected.
Appoligy to all who had to read that earlier post.
Stuck my foot in my mouth and it didn't taste good.
I think a lot of us are both tradarchers and tradhunters. That's my take on it.
Fred

I thought this thread would never end......

Will the increasing saturation of 3D bows at the Traditional shoots drive away the "bring what you hunt with " crowd?

Do we go to Traditional 3-D shoots to be around Traditional Bowhunters? or Traditional Tackle? or Both?

I took a quick survey of my 20 closet Traditional Bowhunter friends....only 10% will attend a Traditional 3-d shoot this year.

10 years ago..95% of attended a Traditional shoot a year.

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Are you still trying to beat this dead horse...

Not really, I'm interested others oppinion. I believe you have posted yours. thanks...

I must be in the 10 percent. Or not one of those asked. However I have not been as fired up about going a  long way, (or short way ) from home this year. I don't think its about the gear I shoot against. I shot hard for 3 or 4 years and had a little success and finally came to the conclusion , that 3d was screwing up my hunting.It's still fun and I still do ok , but I guess the reality of the fact is that no matter how good I shoot, John Dill beats me by 2 pts. LOL.

Joey, you need to go down to that all you can eat crawdad joint. I think these guys have had enough. However if the 300th post gets a hawg hunt , then I'm in with bells on. Later Don

Batman, you bring up an interesting question i touched on earlier...Does too much 3-D screw up your hunting shot?..I know it did mine...I got to where i was shooting a sight picture rather than a spot......long story short...it took a month of roving judo practice to straighten out...............

I got more hogs than Marty!  he won't come to my place. "all i can do is put him on 'em."

I think is a mindset- anticipation vs. reality.  He was probably looking forward to the comradery as much as the actual shoot.

I say go next year and have fun- just manage the expectations.

Reggie....you are exactly right!.IMO...i would not be surprised if he goes again next year this time with different equip to be more competitive. ( flatter shooting tackle).

to all those on page 16:                    

i do 3D to help my hunting...i dont go for score but go for kill shots, marginal shots, wounded shots or misses.  Misses are 0, wounded are -5, marginal are +5, kill shots are +10.

I could care less about trophies or winning or impressing someone...

I consider myself a traditional bowhunter...I shoot the same bow, arrows, weight points, string, tab, etc...that i do in the woods.  No difference between other than broadhead vs fieldpoint.