States with most traditional hunters

[mbequines]

i heard there's one other in Utah, now two

[screamin]

[screamin]

i heard there's one other in Utah, now two

Well if there's you and me and one other, thats 3      

[screamin]

wow, what happened here? a triple post    

[Shotkizer]

I think mississippi has a pretty good showing.

[buckracks7]

I would guess PA, and then MI.

[Anointed Archer]

You would think Texas would have to be high on the charts just by the sheer number of hunters alone however I am pretty sure Michigan has the largest number of famed/popular traditional shooters in the world  

[kevsuperg]

Idaho is going to have one more shortly. Not many in my neck of the woods here in NY.

[northener]

Mi. came to mind as well. I am surprised with Pa. did not know.

I would love to have a all Traditional archery club, heck I would love to have an archery club where i did not have to go out of town.

Here in Mn we do have 1 bigger Traditional shoot with Coon Rapids, and its a very nice event. 100 miles away,on fathers day weekend every year. Iowa has a few shoots as well.

The archery clubs around here I would guess would avg maybe 10% traditional bow members.

[Roger Norris]

I have noticed more Traditional Bow Hunters in the "thicker" states.....meaning the hunting takes place in thicker, closer geography. Michigan, PA, etc.

Out west, I have NEVER encountered another traditional guy. And the guys you do meet laugh it off....."How are you going to shoot an elk at 50 yards with that thing?"

What we do is a different sport, completely.

[VA Elite]

Well it ain't VA for sure. In fact here in the southeastern part, to most boys if you ain't killing deer in front hounds with a shotgun, you ain't huntin...Compounds rule the day if you are a bowhunter, but very few trad hunters that I know of. I talked to a guy the other day who was completely astonished that I sold my compound and began shooting a recurve. It was like I was the first to walk on the moon..

[Jon Stewart]

Kind of a loaded question.

Michigan has 4 or 5 traditional only archery shoots a year. Anywhere from 300 to 500 archers shooting on a weekend, BUT, those archers need to be asked if they hunt with traditional equipment. My guess would be most flip over to the dark side when hunting.

It would be best to have a survey list at the sign up table and that would give you a more accurate count.  Better than how many are archers shooting traditional at a traditional equipment only  shoot.

I can say we will have maybe 15 archers camping with us at the Elm Hall shoot in Michigan. Only 3 maybe 4 hunt traditional or  primitive hunters and the rest use modern equipment. Some even use the dreaded "Bolt" for an arrow.

Take a poll with your group or just think back on what your hunting buddies are using during hunting season and that will also give you an idea.

[Longbow58]

I know in our winter league numbers have doubled from 5 to 11...all 11 hunt with trad equipment. And we have 4 guys that shoot non-league and hunt with there trad bows. Proud of our numbers.

[rockkiller]

Originally posted by Roger Norris:
I have noticed more Traditional Bow Hunters in the "thicker" states.....meaning the hunting takes place in thicker, closer geography. Michigan, PA, etc.

Out west, I have NEVER encountered another traditional guy. And the guys you do meet laugh it off....."How are you going to shoot an elk at 50 yards with that thing?"

What we do is a different sport, completely.

I think you nailed it.

[JD Page 1965]

Its Indiana.

[emac396]

I live in PA we have a good many trad guys but as stated above we have a ton of bowhunters and likely goes hand in hand. Michigan has more organized trad events than we do here but we may have more traditional hunters.
Either way there are more and more guys coming to our side and its good to see. I myself switched 7 years ago and fell back to dark side twice before committing 100%

[Oldbow KY]

Here in West Kentucky we have a TRAD ONLY club with 43 members. We shoot at the range in Land Between the Lakes. Some of our members just got back from a pig hunt down south.

None of our members that I know of hunt with  funny bows anymore.

Shoots are always open to all TRAD shooters and want-a-bees and are free. With lunch provided.


West Kentucky Trad Gang ---- ON Facebook

[Mint]

On Long Island NY my archery club Suffolk Archers has at least 50 members that shoot traditional bows. We have 500 members.

[Bowwild]

There is also a grad-only club south of me here in central KY.  

I don't think KY would come close to MI or PA or OR, ID, or CO.  

I think KY would rank well in the south though. There are several who live within 20 miles of me.  

I know of a place where more than 11,500 bare bow shooters will congregate May 7-9th but they shoot with wheels,but without sights, releases, or stabilizers. I expect several hundred of them will also compete for the first time with recurves at a concurrent event this year.

[Longbow58]

Don't exactly know the numbers, but there are a lot of shooters come to Potter County,Pa.'s E.T.A.R and spectators that shoot trad equipment, but just come to browse the vendors. There are many states represented well.