Trad and non trad

[Fidelios]

Hello everyone! Just to tell you guys about my visit today to an archery store nearby. I sort of got the right spine arrows by trial and error for my 45 pond bow and I finally decided to do the same for my 50 pound bow. Got five 11/30 shafts and plan to do my fletching in the same way I did for my 5/16 for the 45. Asked the store advisor if I could shoot a few arrows down the range. He seemed a bit reluctant but finally said yes. As I was shooting my arrows with my 45 bow and was grouping them well at 15 yards. By my side was a archer with recuve and sights, stabilizers, the all apparel. I felt so good for not having to fiddle with all those technicalities and the store managers' attempts to justify all the little implements he was trying to sell to this other archer.. I was grouping them well as the other guy and without the damn sights! Long live traditional archery!

[jsweka]

Well at least the other archer was shooting a recurve and not a compound.

Traditional means different things to different people.  At one extreme are the archers with selfbows,wood arrows, and stone heads.  At the other extreme is the archer shooting beside you with an Olympic style rig.

I think as long as it doesn't have wheels or cams, it's "traditional".

[straitera]

We're not necessarily better than those guys.., just a whole lot luckier to find the best niche.

[rastaman]

Sights were used a long time ago when all we had was archery. Traditional is a modern term.

[Brad Arnett]

the word "traditional" is very similar to the the word "ethics"....in the end they are both just "feelings" and the definition differs from person to person. noone is really right or wrong as we all draw a line at some point. Some peoples line is just drawn at a slightly different place than others. Some guys just do what they have to do to keep going. I have a friend who is an older guy now (mid-70's) who was the state longbow champ for a number of years and went to nationals more than once. That man really helped me out with my "traditional" shooting. By the time I met him his shoulders were already bad and he had to shoot a compound (without sights though) just to keep shooting. He's now reached the point that he can't even use a compound and has went to crossbow. I know some people frown and turn up their nose to that but it still gets that old man out in the woods every year and he sure deserves to be there just as much or more than anybody.

Straitera said it well.....we're not better than anyone else. We're just traveling a different route to the same destination.

[Fidelios]

Yes, I sounded judgemental there...The point I was trying to make before going on being silly was that in all the fiddling with all the necessary implements for the olimpic style to shoot to the standards they are expected to, it seems a all lot of gear that needs adjusting and so on. But then again we could say the same with "trad" tuning as well... Well I guess I was on my high horse just because I had a good day at the range... I'm sure next time I go there I will be made humble by not doing as well..it always works that way eheheh

[flinthead]

Am shooting Hummingbird 3 piece longbows, Dale Dye recurves, and a Tomahawk. Also shoot a Drenalin LD compound w/ pins and release. Shoot a lot more Traditional than compound, but when the compound bow is in my hands it is a joy to shoot also.
Their is a time for the Hawken black powder rifle and the Winchester scoped 243 rifle. Enjoy what you shoot and leave the badgering of different styles to people without tolerance. Thanks, Roy

[Killdeer]

". I'm sure next time I go there I will be made humble by not doing as well..it always works that way eheheh"

My life is a series of daily humbling experiences. I still get cocky. This thread has run its course and deserves to be buried.

Shoot well and often.
Killdeer