proud trad daddy

[stick-um]

i've shot trad since 78 and love it like no other thing I do. My youngest son started shooting a bow at 4. As he has grown older he just didn't want to shoot much. I started him out on a compound as I wanted him to take an interest in archery an get some confidence. He is 13 now and told me dad, this isn't fun anymore. I was devastated that this is my last son at home and he doesn't have the love of archery like I do. What he was trying to tell me is this compound just isn't doing it for me. He said he wanted to start shooting trad bows like I do. So I picked him up a recurve and he started shooting some of my arrows. The boy is good. Brings a tear to my eyes that he has made this choice on his own and we will share this love together of archery. Anyone elses son or daughter made that choice to shoot trad like you do. It's the greatest feeling in the world. Thank you Shawn Michael for making daddy proud.  

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Glad for ya!  

[Gerardo]

GREAT !!! hope I can post a pic like this of my son one day

thanks for sharing

Mike,
I love to hear the stories of kids following their parents in good things.  I also have had the greatest love for archery since forever....and like you I had high hopes of teaching my son Andy the finer points of hunting with trad equipment.  We will now often shoot together when he can find the time.  It's a great time together...

Great job dad!!      

[rastaman]

Lucky man, lucky son!

[Possum Head]

Congratulations,perhaps you and he can escape to the HH shoot in Al.this June.Shawn would have the time of his life!

[macksdad]

Very Nice!!  

[Mudd]

How very cool is this? Way!!! I'm saying...

I am very happy for you. I'm even more happy for your son!

                   

Thank you for sharing with us.

God bless,Mudd

[Terry Lightle]

Congrata,nothing like having a son to enjoy doin it the right way with you.I am lucky to have 3 sons to enjoy our sport with.2recurve shooters and a longbower

[3undr]

any time you can find a common interest with a son it is a blessing.congrats

[bkyrdshooter]

For me it was the other way around! I was always shooting bows from a very early age. I started with hand me down recurves and I moved then to "bows with wheels". I shot them for quite some time. In the last 9 years I have more or less stopped shooting on a reagular basis. My son will turn 9 in June and four years ago he told me he wanted a bow for christmas and this sparked my intrest back into shooting the bow. He told me he wanted a bow with out wheels. Santa brought him a nice little "bow with out wheels" and some arrows. that same year for my birthday I received my first longbow from my girlfriend.
Now my son (8), daughter(6) and my girlfriend(better not say) all shoot traditonal equipment and love every bit of it. I could not ask for anything better to have my loved ones share and enjoy this fun thing in life with me.

[lpcjon2]

I am in the same boat and it's a great feeling.Congrats to him for finding his way home.And congrats to you for showing him the path he should take.

[Pepper]

Congratulations to both of you.
You have every reason to be proud.
My son has given up his compound, but has yet to pick traditional.
College baseball, and studies take most of his time.  Some day maybe.

[GRINCH]

Thats a great feeling knowing your son wants to follow in your footsteps,hope he has many happy memories of the experience.

[longbowben]

Congrats now you better hide your arrows and bows, Shawn keep at it  

[ti-guy]

That's cool,happy for you.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

good stuff  

[LCH]

I was a devout compound shooter. I just dabbled w/ a longbow. My son could care less about shooting a compound when he saw me trying to shoot trad. equipment he wanted to try it. We started going to 3D events. Then he wanted to hunt with a longbow and called me a wimp for using my compound. So I switched and have not looked back best move I have made.LCH

[Covey]

My boy is 12, been shooting one since he was 6 or 7. He has always shot a recurve. Tryed to get him to try other things, but he don't want to. That's fine with me, I love it when he hangs with old dad. We do alot of stumpin and shootin together.. I hope it always stays that way!! Jason

[DannyBows]

Excellent!