Craftsman, Shooter/Hunter or..........??

[M60gunner]

I guess I am a shooter, tinker. I make arrows, wood alum., or carbon. I make my own quivers but buy arm guards and gloves/tabs. I like to shoot 3d every week. I like to hunt but have not been able to for a couple of years due to a bad hip. Now hip is new and hoping to get out this fall.
I know how it feels to be one that likes to make something rather than use it. I make bamboo fly rods but can not fish to save my life. I like to cast but cannot fool those fish yet. I just visited Black Widow yesterday. My hat is off to all the bow makers. I think a bow would be beon my talents.

[Roadkill]

Hunter.  I have made bows, knives and a few shafts.  Tan my own hides, do my own taxidermy and have been afield everywhere but the globe's ends, Australia, and Africa. Desert in Arabia to winter in Norway.  I have been blessed.  Having said i that, i have been exposed to much, i do nothing well!  I say "wow" to some bow, string, fletcher, leather crafter or knife crafter every time i come on this site.
I learn something about myself, mostly i have no hope to rise to those levels, every day here.  I stand in awe and thank each of you for enriching my life

[WidowEater]

I would say Im as close to a master woodsman as there can be in this age.  My job for a few years for the military demanded it of me so I kind of jumped feet first into that one.

However, because of life changes, I no longer hunt at all.  I miss it, but I still shoot regularly so it is bearable.

Im a very competent woodworker but I will leave building bows to others.

I use aluminum arrows.  I assemble the shaft to a shootable form.  I am by no means an arrow craftsman.

[Fidelios]

That is a very nice post. As a newbie I would say that I love to stalk deer to photograph them. My aim is to get within my shooting ability as if I was with a bow. We cannot hunt with the bow here in the UK so I do the shooting on stumps and targets in the field. I also climb trees and judge the wind. So basically I do all the hunting but the kill which is a bit silly but there is nothing more I can do here in the UK. I also love to work with different camouflages. I made some woodies form scratch which shot like wonky drunken spaghetti pasta and have also broken 5 self bows. Not much of bowyer, not much of a arrow builder but I definitely love to be in the bush!

[T Folts]

I suppose I'm both, build my own bows and process my own deer, game. Fairly good with a compass and hunt 4 to 5 days a week during hunting season. Shoot a few 3d'S And shoot a inddor league in the winter and a out door one in the summer when I can fit it in with friends.