mauser06

i feel strongly that sooner or later i'll shoot and very likely hunt with trad gear...just dont have the time to devote to it right now working seasonal jobs out of state...never knowing if i can take my bow, if i'll have room, if i'll have time and a place to shoot etc...the past 2 summers i left it at home....shoulda took it both years as i had a safe yard and could got the OK to shoot in it im sure...just a pain moving all my supplies i need to live where ever i go, plus a bow and target.....


this year for example, i didnt think id get to hunt PA at all...got laid off earlier than expected and ended up being home a day or 2 prior to the opener...

i took the first week or so off to unpack, get the gear ready, and get back into shooting...

normally i shot about all year round...maybe take a month or so off after the season...then shoot indoor once a week or so to keep in tune..then pretty much daily through the spring and summer...

i was pleasantly surprised at 20yds i was still shooting very well..30 was alright..nowhere where i was..but OK...

i limited myself to 20yds and under and went hunting....shot a few times between my hunts...i got the job done...first shot was a lung and heart slicer...

i couldnt do that with a trad bow...so, in the end, life is just too busy for me right now to take up trad gear...though i want to....

dad was actually given a Bear "Cub" recurve...its only a 29# bow...but if it can take my DL, i might get a string and a few arrows and use it to learn on...gotta do a little research...dad took it planning to get a free bow he could possibly use to deer hunt...didnt notice the 29# written on it....lol...so he gave it to me...so it would be a cheap setup and somethin to learn the basics on if it will safely hit my DL...and if/when i go again this spring, dad could shoot it and get the bug and buy a bow again....he needs to get back into bow hunting...the stories ive heard from strangers tell me dad was a heck of a bowhunter back in the day...just gave it up due to time and such...

Bailsuk

I promised myself that i would get my first Elk and Whitetail with Compound bow before even trying Trad gear , that went down the drain this year . Anyway , i got myself a longbow made and now i have the Trad bug real bad ( no wheelies at this house anymore ). I hope to bag my first Elk/Deer with Trad gear this year in Colorado , with my 2nd Longbow . I'll never regret my choice to drop the wheels , i just enjoy the challenge of preparation and the desire to get my first kill with my Longbow .

MOhunter46

I guess im different from most, i really have no desire to shoot or hunt with a trad bow.

crokit

I started traditional in the 60's. Around '69-70, , went to compound-Allen bow, I believe was the first. Then after getting injured jumping and going through several major surgeries on upper body, switched back to traditional. Weight of a compound with all the bells and whistles to much for the shoulders. Even tried switching to left handed for several years, but they couldn't take it. Been hunting thusly for past 25 years about. Love my Super Diablo.!

va bowbender

After 45 years I think I'll keep trying it for awhile.

GMMAT

ahunter....respect! What an awesome resume'!

Vabow.....looking forward to seewing you in WV again (hopefully). We'll once again shoot 'em ugly and drink 'em pretty....lol.

To you guys who are contemplating it.....either short term or long....just get one and shoot in the yard with it for a while. No reason you have to ever put the compound away.....unless you want to. Give it a whirl and see if you like it. There's rarely a day I don't at least touch my bow (blank bale or target shooting). Nothing in hunting I like better than seeing arrows (mine or others) fly out of a well-tuned setup.

You can get started for about $200.....and I'm betting it'll bite you, hard.