Your Favorite thing about traditional Bowhunting

[Sant-Ravenhill]

The bows...the beauty, grace and power. The stunning woods,(I'm a wood addict!) the arc of the arrow, the bent limbs and some great people.

O.K., O.K., so I just reiterated what everyone else has already said, but it's the TRUTH!!

[Ian johnson]

when the sun comes up at dawn during the hunt

[sidebuster]

The Challenge.

[Ray Hammond]

gettin' called Sweet Cheeks by Barry

[Squirrel Bait]

Dang Ray! And I thought it was ME! HEHEHE  SWEET CHEEKS!!! I'll have to remember that.

[bowmac]

For me I would have to say going to the Woods to hunt is almost Primal. We live in such a fast paced life style anymore it is so rewarding to get back to nature and the basics. I love making my own equipment, gear, clothes etc. to use. There's nothing like listening to all the living things around you in the Woods. I even like listening to the wind blow across the trees, grass, leaves and such. Seeing fresh tracks and wondering why they took this trail and route. Playing the wind in my favor to try and out smart my game. Finally if lucky enough to take the Game field dressing and food for the Family. Once home there is the work of cutting up the Game, scraping a hide, tanning etc. The bones I use for various things and tools. When setting at the table eating a well cooked meal of Venison or whatever theres that little hint of Primal Instinct to do what we do and give Thanks!

[pointy sticks]

It's all the fun you can have      


feel of your favorite bow in your hands  $30.00




cost of a hunting trip with your closest friends $150.00




cost of finding the prefect camo gift for your hunting buddy ......priceless    

[wtpops]

Ive been sitting here trying to put into words why, its every thing that has been writen above. Plus walking through the tall pines of California and at about 11:00 sitting down with your back on a tree close your eyes and listin to the wind blow through the tree tops

Originally posted by ChuckC:
It is a feeling...the kind that generates the response to outsiders..."if I have to explain it to you, you wouldn't understand"
ChuckC

[houseman]

Cause it's just so much darn fun

[Blkbird]

A frosty morning,the shivers,waiting for the sun to pop up, butt on the ground, back against a tree seeing something moving around ambling closer thinking Lord don't let this be a skunk!

[Bonebuster]

I like the way it FEELS to hunt with a traditional bow. The spirit of the hunt.

Satisfaction.

[Jwilliam]

The simplicity of it. And all the great people I have met the last couple of years.


Bill

[Tim Nuss]

My favorite thing about Traditional Bowhunting, is the freedom I feel when I go afeild with my Traditional equipment. That has become a beloved part of my life. The memories and the friendships it has given me are something I will alway hang on to.
 
 Tim

[ishiwannabe]

I have bowhunted since I was legally able to do so. I used a wheelie until this coming year, and got to where i could pretty much do whatever was needed with it. Very few years went by where I didnt fill my tag.
Trad is a whole new dimension. Its more personal if you will. If I miss, its because I miss, not because a screw loosened, or a release trigger broke....
As a newbie to this sport, one thing in my mind stands out the most. The people that participate are, as a group, the nicest and most sincere group I have come across. Most will do what they can to help you with form, equipment, etc. All I have met show a kindred deep...hard to put into words. Like we all share a secret. It is hunting in its  purest form. And people at their best. I just wish I would have stuck with that old Shakespeare my dad put in my hands way back when...

[cedar swampman]

To watch the flight of the arrow and to be outside and enjoy God's creation. You just never know what you might see.

[mike p]

When i shoot at the range and show of my buitiful equipment people look at it and say i started with a recurve! I then say why did you switch? most of the time really dont get a responce. and if someone asks me why traditional I ask why not???

[Slasher]

Many have touched on many of the aspects that I enjoy about it... yet I believe there is one more aspect...

  Yes, theres the feel of a bow in my hands- crafted by a bowyers' own two hands and worked just so... part science, mostly a mystical art.

 By stripping away of mecanical tools machined out of aluminum and various other materials- that take the focus away from the animal being hunted until it becomes jus a fuzzy backdrop of a target to fire our weapon into... thats a part too!

 Then its more than the bare essentials of me, the game, a simple bow and arrow (okay, I shoot a laminated glass backed bow and carbons...) creates a challenge that demands my all just to have the opportunity... while the bow and arrow in its simplest form do not detract or hinder from the spiritual aspect of the hunt as any other weapon does...

 Its about soul... and the fulfillment that can only come from an encounter at stickbow range, without detracting from it, yet somehow intensifying the experience at a subconcious level that one can't quantify or rationalize in terms that one can adequately convey... We try by using terms that are deeply personal, yet subjective- blessing, spiritual, and these words can only be felt in a place that science says can't exist... our souls... But we know better....  

Going Trad, is gratifying to our souls...

[portugeejn]

I have to slow down and really observe stuff-and because of that I enjoy HUNTING much more-catching is an just an added bonus now.  Not necessary like I used to think it was.
Ron

[benderofwood]

It's really hard to come up with the correct words but the bible says it best for me;

" Walk in the old paths and you SHALL find rest for your soul"

Jeremiah 6:16.....  

[**DONOTDELETE**]

I have fallen in love with traditional bowhunting and i haven't yet hunted with a traditional bow. Like Ishiwannabe, i too am no stranger to archery hunting. i have harvested many elk, deer, and assorted animals over the years. I think the thing i liked the best about going traditional, was putting fun and challenge back into my hunting again. Little did i realize at the time i sold all my gizmo's, was the wonderful group of people associated with this stick and string i would meet.....I have built my own bow, and made my arrows from scratch, shafts and all. i learned to build my own strings, tiller a bow, build a spine tester, and many, many other things. With the help of all you fine folks, and a few books i was referred too, i am having the time of my life i desperately need right now. it IS a way of life...

And it HAS been a challenge so far, and will continue to be one for many years to come i can see.....

My all time favorite thing trhough....is watching my arrows fly ..I'm putting the arch back into archery again, and loving every minute!... Hopefully i'll have great hunting adventures to share this fall. i haven't been this excited about opening day in many years....

Kirk