Traditional words!

[Keefer]

Exotic wood,Wool clothing, the smell of a broken arrow,the smell of a freshly custom made quiver or armgaurd,a old picture of Fred Bear,Art Young,Ben Pearson,Howard Hill or all the others that left a footprint in the great outdoors somewhere,Or how about a picture of a old pickup truck with a big buck laying at the end of a tailgate and a longbow laying beside it? Just looking through an old outdoor life magazine or field and stream and noticeing a article of one of God's creatures with a hunter standing beside his trophy...Walking across a field during a recent rain and spotting a arrowhead made of stone with or without a chip in it wondering did He miss a shot or did the chip occur during a kill?
Seeing a baby fawn curled up in the grass and not moving a muscle or finding a antler that just fell...Walking the forest and getting that first smell of Autumn leaves as they decay ...
These are just a very few of the things that make up the meaning of what traditional means to me...Can you name a few...Oh and almost forgot one important thing...Coming here on Tradgang and sharing this passion with like minded friends...God Bless!
                 Keefers <><

[Mike Vines]

A kids smile when they hit the target.  Most days I would rather watch my boys shoot then even pull out my bow.  It's cool as heck seeing kids get excited.  Actually put my boys (7&9) to bed early tonight, so that we can drive 2 hrs tomorrow and meet up with a ton of traditional guys (about 50) for a rabbit hunt.  I somehow doubt they will get much sleep tonight.

[critman]

Walking in the woods and looking at every fallen limb and thinking "I could make a bow out of that!"

[MR BILL SHORTY]

Amen brother!

[mountain lion]

Stumping with a good buddy or chasing some squirrels around, just having fun without a care in the world! The simplicity of traditional archery, feeling at one with nature while carrying the traditional bow is a wonderful feeling that only us lucky ones can feel!

[David Yukon]

Nice sharp knife at your belt, floating down river in a well made canoe loaded with gear and food for 10 days, using a a beautiful paddle I made, looking, calling... maybe fishing a bit to catch the dinner!!

[ron w]

All that was said on the above posts and a bit more, just to spend the time doing what we do! Seeing that piece of barbed wire in a old fence line running through the hard woods or that hand laid stone wall that makes a perfect ground blind. The owl that lands near you on your morning hunt, while he finishes his. The Chickadee that sits on your nocked arrow.....need I say more, we are blessed!

[Roadkill]

You guys are eloquent.  Waking earlier than the alarm. Shouldering a pack while looking up a mountain, knowing the 2 hour hump would tax your legs, but you spring to it.  Smell it, sage covered with fresh snow!

[Bowtie]

Having a close friend make me a self bow that started my traditional archery journey. A great experience, and new friends made that share the passion of traditional archery.

[Bob B.]

The smell of fall leaves resting on the damp ground ... the sound of a deer walking calmly, crunching frosted leaves, a grut comming out of the deep timber, a cold North West breeze on my face, the sun just starting to edge over a red and pin oak ridge.

   

Bob.

[stykbow67]

Wow! Need I say anymore! Good stuff right there  

Steve

[limbolt]

Watching the sun come up through the white oaks on a cool October morning,seeing the friendship of like minded people at a 3D shoot and seeing the smile on my grandsons face when he was finally able to draw his grandmothers recurve.  

[Bowwild]

The almost weightless tug on the haul line as the recurve is pulled into my stand.

The distraction of my recurve waiting on the hook with an arrow nocked in my tree stand.

The lost 3-5 seconds from when I come to anchor and the dead deer is running to its last bed.

(The mini-cam isn't very "traditional" but I'm just trying to underscore a few memories.)

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[hardwaymike]

Moving words that are oh so familiar. Thanks merger!

Bowwild-I thought I was the only one who lost those seconds! I guess not.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

After all the years of raising your child to have them want to come back and spent time with Papa in the woods hunting is a favorite of mine....

 


That and a good sunset....

 

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[ron w]

[Napi]

There's a stone wall runing through my property, it's got to be a hundred years old. As I stump shoot around it I often! wonder how many rabits were taken by the farmer at that spot.

[Roger Norris]

Not exactly words, but I often marvel at the blossom of bright fletching as it appears on the rib cage of a deer.

[Shedrock]

The smells and sounds of rutting elk.

The sight of big, velvet antlers sticking out of the sagebrush.

The colors of aspens in September, and the sound of the wind in the pines.

[Echo62]

Just the way a wood arrow feels when it leaves the string. My 11 year old son and 9 year old daughter Shooting their Maddog pups. Seeing the joy on there faces. My son actually told me that shooting a wood bow and wooden arrows was way better than playing video games. Now that's traditional archery!