Would I be stupid to....

[2Blade]

Go stricky traditional as far as hunting and shooting? The reason I ask is today I broke out my Hoyt Compound and shot probley 6 arrows hustled back inside hung it up and grabbed my Kempf recurve and went back out started shooting. I really just dont get the thrill out of my old Hoyt anymore I get bashed quite a bit by family and friends because they say its 2007 get with the program and frankly im tired of hearing it.  What have most of you guys done who shot a compound in the past was it rewarding to give up the compound or do you miss it some days? Id like to hear your guys side of the story.

[vermontrad]

I just can't even consider a compound. An old acronym in design and engineering is KISS (keep it simple stupid). So I'd say you'd be more on the stupid side to fall to the peer pressure.  

I guess it comes down to your confidence with your gear. If you shoot well with the stick and string then why bother with the wheels, the weight, the complexity? And if you come home with the goods then what can they really say?

[2Blade]

When I do everything right I shoot great at 20 yards I feel I could kill a deer im very confident in my setup.

[BTH]

No, not stupid. Commit to it and you'll get your return. I gave up compound for myself, although I still have to tune and shoot my wife's kit, and I'm not complaining.
I gave up compound for myself because I've always wanted to shoot a recurve or longbow (I think of it as un-augmented archery) and just couldn't buy into, literally, all the gadgetry of setting up a compound like the bow hunting (shopping) magazines tell you that you need to do to be successful. To them I say BS, not for me. I put my resources into the arrows and broadheads and a nice take down Morrison to shoot them out of. I like to sit down at my bench and make my arrows, then go out in the back yard and shoot them. I don't want to sit at my bench messing with setting up the latest drop away rest or six pin illuminated site, or lining up my red dot scope, or making sure my peep site is served right so it turns to my eye...I'd rather build my arrows, check my brace height, adjust the nock if I need to, then go outside and shoot.  
Now if I could just convice my wife that she really wants to shoot a recurve instead of a Matthews...

[rbbhunt]

When I started shooting, there weren't any compounds.  I did mess with a couple about 15 years ago, but there is something about shooting a recurve (or longbow) that shooting a compound doesn't have.  They are more like arrow launchers than a bow.  I agree with Vermontrad, KISS!  My hunting partner shoots a compound (and very well) and even though we may tease each other at times, but we respect each others choice in archery gear.  Especially after I had shot off a few of his nocks!  I tell him that when he wants to get out of training wheels, I'll help him get a real bow!

  2blade, don't worry about it and just shoot and enjoy it.  As I said, there is just some about shooting a recurve (long bow) and the rest are missing out.

[Bonebuster]

While "they" are giving you a hard time, "they"
are secretly wondering if "they" are missing something. You have already figured out that they are missing something.

Relax about the whole thing. Recurve, longbow, compound bow. Different types of bows, thats all.
Traditional archery is more than just the type of bow. Its more to do with you. Whats in your heart.
The spirit. I think trad bows make it easier to reach the point where you enjoy the whole experience more. The kill IS important to me, that is why I practice with my bow, and scout places to hunt year round. The kill however, is not ALL important. Scratching the itch in my spirit is.

2Blade, you certainly have the spirit, thats why you hung the Hoyt back up, and flexed your muscles and your brain with your curve. Its too late for you. You already are "strictly traditional", regardless of which bow you have in your hand.

[2Blade]

Thanks for the replies the reason why im asking this is simple ive always been in to the Indians I think they are the coolest people on Earth I loved how they shot instinctively and took game at close range mastered calling and stalking. Ive sense tried to do the same with my hunting ive tried to turn every aspect of my hunt in to something like that had hell I shot my first deer with a compound shooting instinctively while standing on tree limbs with no stand. Once I got my recurve I began to stalk the woods in search of small game I did what Ted Nugent says I got in to that higher level of awareness I began to appreciate the land I stalked a doe and a fawn for fun or just sat on top of a gorge with my recurve and thought to myself this is what life is all about!  I always tell myself when im being noisy in the woods "Be a Indian" I then become a whole diffrent person my steps are soft and my eyes are keen. I belive my 12% BlackFoot and 6% Cherokee have alot to do with it lol.

Ive sense got in to the love of wood arrows (Birch) and I love removing nocks gluing points etc. I never thought id like to do any of that but it gave me another reason to feel more primitive im now looking in to some buck skin clothing or something of that type so give up my camo and even some moccasins. Does it really sound like im done with the compound? Ive had much thought of selling my compounds ( I have 9!) so I can get a couple dozen arrows and maybe a few new stick bows. Today I got a new Mossy Oak magazine I flipped through the pages and about ripped it in half trying to turn to a traditional archery article I mean I couldn't get to it fast enough.

[2Blade]

ttt

[madness522]

The only person it really matters to is you.  If YOU want to shoot only trad then do it.  If YOU want to mix it up then do it.  A true sportsman would never bash anyone who is hunting with something else.  I held onto my compound for several months after I decided to hunt only trad this coming fall just because I wanted to make sure.  Then I traded it.

I think what it all boils down to is you doing what makes you the most happy.  You are the only one you have too look at in the mirror everyday so making yourself happy is all you can hope for.

[TexMex]

Originally posted by 2Blade:
Go stricky traditional as far as hunting and shooting? ...

No, I have never owned a com com com well you know what I mean.  :p

[2Blade]

Originally posted by TexMex:
 

Originally posted by 2Blade:
Go stricky traditional as far as hunting and shooting? ...

No, I have never owned a com com com well you know what I mean.   :p  [/b]

LOL  

[Dave Worden]

Like Juan, I also have never owned a compound.  Shot one once in a friend's shop when they first came out.  Thought they were ugly and I didn't like the lack of string feel on my fingers.  Perhaps it was good thing he didn't have a release handy, but I just didn't like the feel of them.  All my archery is trad, and all my hunting is archery, though I don't hunt ducks and geese. My aluminum arrows don't float!  And to get back to your original question, you'd be stupid to do anything you don't really want to do, regardless of what we tell you.  Do what makes you happy!!

[bowmofo]

It's not the Kill!  It's the Thrill!
I'd rather spend all day in the woods hunting & gathering with my longbow,than ten minuets in a deer stand holding a compound lookin at a monster buck! You must be true to yourself!
Mike

[loco_cacahuate]

The last compound that I even drew, about 15 years ago I get home from work, no one is home. I find this wood riser Browning compound laying on the bed, I pick it up start to draw and POP!!! the riser breaks. Later the wife gets home I ask her "who's bow is that on the bed?" "It's a teacher at school, she wants to know if it's safe to shoot." I told her no.

[Big Dave]

What bowmofo said and breaking your c**** was probably the best thing to happen to you  :D        :D

[RRock]

Three nights ago I was working on some cedars for my Elk hunt this fall and a buddy of mine stopped over. Now this guy has harvested more game with a bow than anyone I personally know and he shoots a compound. While I was putting the straight on some of those cedars we chatted, after awhile he said to me "Your still doing it the right way" I said "Well, thats the way I have always straigthened cedars" He said "No, your still bow hunting the right way with the right gear, thats what bow hunting is all about" I tend to agree with him.

[2Blade]

Good post RRock why doesnt he pick up a real stick and string?

[cvarcher]

WHew- I rememebr shooting compounds!! What acontraption. Its amazing its still considered a bow.!!HA HA Once you free yourself of all that high tech engineeering and carry a light longbow with a leather quiver full of cedars thru the woods youll know your doing the right thing and to hell with anyone else and what they think!!

[Benha]

Since giving it up I have never missed the compound. Who gives a whoop in Hell what "they" think.