How long have you been TRAD???

[doowop]

Shot compound and recurve about 15 years. Stickbows only the last 22 years.

[SERGIO VENNERI]

Since 1971. Shot stick bows from the very beginning.

[Sean B]

about 20

[bow_man_66]

Trad only for the last 18 years. Bow hunted for 33.

[Bill Carlsen]

My dad got me a 20# lemonwood longbow for me on my eight birthday. I turned 68 last week=60 years.

[Drakho]

18 years but I haven't hunted yet, only shot at paper, foam and garbages left by some stupid people.

[Rob DiStefano]

as long as there's been country!  :D

[Car54]

Shot compound for 25yrs.
Bought a Wes Wallace last December..got it in June.
Haven't touched my compound since last year.
I'm here to stay.

[GreyGoose]

Not quite a year, after 10 years compounding.  But there was a 20 year gap between the start of that and a decade of trad archery.

One of the best things about coming back to trad (and there are a bunch) is that shooting instinctive is lot easier for older eyes, at least mine.  I can focus on the target and don't have to worry about a fuzzy pin viewed through a peep.

[deaddoc4444]

ALWAYS

[Tom Leemans]

Since I was 5, so 44 years. There were a few years I shot both, but only because the wheel bow was given to me for free. I never liked how temperamental it was.

[LimBender]

One year this November and loving it.

[EastTexasRedneck]

About 5 years and loving it. I have 1 wheel bow and the only reason I keep it is because my wife gave it to me for Christmas in 1980, the year our daughter was born.

[rraming]

Traditional since 2005 (not counting as a kid) still working on my apprenticeship but have had a lot of fun doing it.

[shadman]

56 years and counting

[bogeyrider63]

3 years

[Eugene Slagle]

Total would be 10 years.

I started out shooting a home made Hicory Longbow my grandfather made me in 1979 then later on my Bear Super Grizly that was a total of 7 years.
Recently I returned to my roots & relearned what I had forgotten & have been having the best time shooting ever since.
Been 3 years since I refused to shoot anything that has training wheels on it.

[hookster]

3 years nine months, went from rifle to longbow.

[Jaypo]

Not into it yet, but trying.  I've been compound bowhunting for about 8 years, but I got the itch to start shooting a trad bow when I found the "Bowyer" shop at my local Renaissance Festival this year.  Anyhow, I'm looking to purchase a longbow soon.  

BTW- this is my first post, so howdy to all you fine folks!

[Pierre Lucas]

Not quite a half a century yet but I'll be there real soon...and still learning.

God Bless,  Pierre