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I had run across it in the past, along with others, but had too many other priorities at the time. Joined another site recently but tired quickly…then dropped in here for a few minutes and instantly found kindred spirits. Rick.
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Found it on my own looking for a new challenge in hunting.... glad i did..now im traddicted.
-------------------- TGMM Family of the Bow
"There's a race of men that dont fit in, A race that can't stay still; So they break the hearts of kith and kin, And they roam the world at will" Robert Service Posts: 3507 | From: dansville ,michigan | Registered: Jan 2007
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Used to hang out on the LW. Then I noticed that a lot of the frequent posters on that forum at the time all suddenly disappeared. Tracked 'em down here and found a brand new website. They could run, but they couldn't hide.... Posts: 8867 | From: Lake Mills, WI | Registered: Mar 2003
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I was on Savage Shooters.com, I build custom rifles as a hobby, did it for a living for several years, and was asking if anyone had trad bows for sale or trade, a guy gave me this website. Been hooked since. Sam.
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I had been trying to learn more about traditional archery and stummbled across this wonderful site by only chance. Boy I am sure glad I did. There is a wealth of good information on here.
-------------------- If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month. Theodore Roosevelt Posts: 158 | From: colorado | Registered: Nov 2009
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From another bowhunting website...they have a Traditional page and some great people. I was referred over here for more info. Funny thing is, I was kind of intimidated to join and post over here so I lurked for a while. All the people writing articles for TBM, Bowhunting (trad column), on TV, etc. were posting on here so I didn't want to look like a boob. I still do ALOT more reading than posting. Great site!
Posts: 441 | From: McAllen, Texas | Registered: Jul 2005
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Just looking to buy my first trad bow. A guy that owned a local archery sight told me to check it out. The rest is history. Been a great time! I'm usually just a lurker, but man, great advice comes through here, as well as a lot of generocity. Awesome group!
-------------------- Let me ask not for less burden, but for broader shoulders.
I go afield with bent wood, stick and string in search of serenity through my primal quest.
Venatôr Posts: 1081 | From: North Carolina | Registered: Nov 2007
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I was on the phone with JD Jones (bowyer) talking about a new selfbow when he said "have you heard about the new site"? I of course said, what site?
That was the last week in March 2003. I joined the next week. What a great place!
John III
-------------------- "There is no excellence in Archery without great labor". Maurice Thompson 1879 Posts: 2753 | From: Villa Ridge, Missouri | Registered: Apr 2003
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Well.....it all goes back to the old LW days when Terry Green was known as Tarzan. Like John3, it was March 03 when I registered, and TG has been home ever since. I honestly can't remember how I found out about TG. I think some folks were invited, or simply told to go check it out.
It doesn't really matter how, or when we got here. The important thing is that we're all here now.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Posts: 1738 | From: Republic Of Texas | Registered: Mar 2003
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I saw a TradGang sticker on a truck. I wasn't smart enough to turn on the computer at that time.
A year or so later I had both of My knees replaced and I had a couple of months off work. I started playing around on the computer a little and remembered the window decal and the rest is history.
Posts: 1804 | From: Linwood, Ks | Registered: Jan 2007
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Took out my mac surf board one day last year, began surfing ....was looking to edumicate myself on hunting in general, cause I started this addiction so late in life and had a ton a catchin up to do....I was only in my 3rd year of hunting, and still using my training "wheels", unable at that point to ride solo.............as I stumbled into TradGang on that blessed day of 12/21/08, the force began workin in my favor......my mind was made up....I had never shot a longbow in my life, yet I knew inside I would be buying one and the training wheels would be seeking to start accumulating some serious cobwebs.....I don't know how I knew it so quickly, but I just did....it may only be one year later, but my initial feelings have totally come to fruition, as I am totally addicted to the real deal....Trad Bow hunting....Instinctive Shooting...is the "real deal"..................and Trag Gang is what "Enlightened" me...all you guys, with all your knowledge, and all your enthusiasm, and all your heart, with all your willingness to help and encourage, all helped me see the light in this hunting thing .......wheelies are for training......Traditional Bowhunting is the real way to to ride......and Trad Gang makes the process happen......by expediting, maintaining, and motivating for the purpose of reaching new levels every year.....The TradBow industry owes an awfully big debt of gratitude to you guys who started this website ....and all us individuals whose lives are so enhanced with our passion of this great sport, owe that same debt as well..... javascript:void(0) javascript:void(0) javascript:void(0)
-------------------- “The virtue lies In the struggle, not the prize” Richard Monckton Milnes
Mark Trabakino marktrab@hotmail.com Stormville, New York Posts: 97 | From: Stormville, New York | Registered: Dec 2008
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When I first started shooting traditional, the only people I saw shooting were at Vics Archery in Grand Rapids. I lived a ways away from there and was pretty much alone in my trad adventure, I never saw another hunter on state land carrying a stickbow. Then we got our first computer and internet in 05'. I Googled recurve/longbow forums and found this place in 06'. For loving the old ways and simpler times I am very thankfull for the internet, without it I would have never met so many great people. Up till 06' I thought traditional archery was something only a dozen or so people did, LOL!
-------------------- Just one more step.....please!
St. Joe River Bows Oliverstacey Strings Swafford Knives Michigan Longbow Association Posts: 4203 | From: Michigan | Registered: May 2006
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