JUST CURIOUS ABOUT TRAD HUNTERS

[Ron Vought]

Mike -

I approach this from a different angle but similar to what you are talking about. Not against compound bows and responsible use of ATV's...however all of this "lets get along" and "we are all hunters" is what got the crossgun incorporated into the archery seasons across the US along with all the other so called acceptable hunting practices. Where do we draw the line on archery equipment? Is it when a crossgun fires a bolt with a 209 primer or something similar??

This is more of a concern for me than anything else you mentioned.

Ron

[BAK]

Well, there are laws and then there are laws.  We're indoctrinated to believe that if the law says it's legal then we're good to go.   If your conscience is fine with that so be it.  I'm not.

I do not support the big tent theory, and all hunters are not my brothers.  I want nothing to do with a significant number of them.  If folks want to call that elitist that's there prerogative.  

It's no different with other outdoor sports.  IMO the worst thing that has happened to our lakes and rivers is Bass Tournaments.  How has that benefited the resource or the experience?  

It is all about the money...

[ChuckC]

Mike, a very large part of the reason that many of us use traditional equipment and technique is that we ARE different.  We don't use the equipment to BE different, we already are.  We see things with a slightly different point of view.  

Many folks in Wisconsin are for the game of football, and very much for UW Madison (Badgers) and the Packers but very much against the other teams.  You can equate that to almost all facets of our human lives.  It is what it is.

We do things our way and they do things their way.  Even within the trad community there are vast differences in needs, desires, styles and goals.

We are no different than any other group.

ChuckC

[HighTecRedNeck]

There are many hunting practices I am personally against as they go against my moral compass but I tend to keep it to myself as much as possible.
That being said I don’t try to push my morals on someone else as long as they don’t try to push their lack of them on me. Just because the law says you can do something does not make it right .

Just my 2 cents and I better shut my big mouth now…lol

[bswear]

I agree with BAK.  I do not want technology in my hunting.  I will not use a trail cam because to me this is a short cut.  The satisfaction gained from this is immeasurable to me.  Do I think this makes the traditional guy elite?  Yes actually I do.  Anyone can shoot a crossbow well but not a recurve or longbow unless great effort is expended.  The effort makes a hunter elite not the  label traditional.  If  the main effort is to write a large check for gear it does not make you a hunter I respect.

[Wolfshead]

I have my own opinions on these subjects to which you refer.
I am a traditionalist be nature I believe. In some ways I like the "old ways" of doing things.
Don't get me wrong, technology is great! If I did not like it I would not be typing this on my iPad while surfing the Internet.

These are my opinions. I don't judge anyone on their choices I just don't feel they fit with what I believe. (I will hunt this season with someone who uses a compound)

I believe in fair chase.
I believe in the adventure being just as enjoyable as the harvest.
I need to develop skills to get close. I don't want easy which I feel the compounds and crossbows do. I am looking to the challenge.
I don't believe that crossbows belong in archery season.
I don't care if you shoot them, but in my thinking they are a gun that shoots arrows and should be used in gun season.
Don't mind compounds. I teach children in my classes to shoot them. I think they are a great teaching aid.
But, I do think that they tend to cause some to attempt less than ethical shots. I also feel that some of the marketing of these tools border on leaning towards whack-em and stack-em, killin machine, mentality.
ATVs are also a great tool. I just hope they are not in my woods.
Technology is great, but sometimes it is at a cost to what is greater.
In every category of every thing there are sub-categories. People have different thoughts and opinions. It is true here. Ask 100 Trad Gangers a question and you will get 100 answers.
There is the same "divisiveness" among the animal rights activists.