would you swallow your pride?

[bawana bowman]

As long as your shooting a stick with a string, no sights, wheels, or release, I'm happy.
Don't care what method of aiming you use or how you hold the string. I only care how I aim and hold the string. I'm going to use what works best for me, and fully expect you to do the same. As long as that doesn't involve gadgets we're good.

I don't attend many 3d shoots, and never do any other type of target events. But when I do shoot 3d I'm watching where the other guys arrow goes, not the form they use to get it there.
   

bawana bowman wrote: "As long as your shooting a stick with a string, no sights, wheels, or release, I'm happy."

I think that statement goes to the reason for the thread. Why some folks are concerned with others choices might make for an even more interesting discussion, or... is this that discussion?  :^)

[hvyhitter]

I shoot and hunt with about 10 other knuckleheads and we all shoot a little different, snapshooters,gap shooters, clickers,3 under, split, just about everything.No one style/form is really better. Some just shoot a little better than others, somedays a person may be on fire and just drilling every shot, other days we are looking for arrows. We have noticed that the people that really need that high score or to always be top dog usually dont last in trad and go back to wheels. I guess its not as fun if you have scorecard OCD. The rest of us just keep shooting.

[L. Bullington]

   

[Ragnarok Forge]

The people who complain about another shooters methods are the ones who still don't get what trad is all about.  

Shoot what you want how you want, and always remember to enjoy the process.

[HUNT 24/7]

I must say I've been pretty lucky in my 6 months of traditional archery. I really enjoy 3D shoots & have been to a few. My experience so far has been very good, all other trad shooters I've met have been great, very helpful with no negativity so far. Even the compound guy's have been nice.
 
 I shoot the way I shoot because that's what works for me. I modeled my style after a fellow trad shooter I met when I started out, he is a good shot & an amazing hunter, he is now one of my best friends & that's what's most important to me, not how the guy beside me shoots.  

[A.S.]

You got it Batman....I have tried pretty much every aiming/release form out there. I can't say that I my for is just like anyone else's that I know of, but I have figured out what works well for me and stick with it.

[Matt_Potter]

Originally posted by Jim Casto Jr:
bawana bowman wrote: "As long as your shooting a stick with a string, no sights, wheels, or release, I'm happy."

I think that statement goes to the reason for the thread. Why some folks are concerned with others choices might make for an even more interesting discussion, or... is this that the discussion?  :^)

Jim

You hit it on the head - who cares what they shoot.  Stick-wheelie-gun it is a personal choice - shoot what you brought the way you want to shoot it and shut up.

Matt

[owlbait]

I was having some problems with arrow flight. I was searching for help. Batman offerred to send me some arrows to try. He didn't ask HOW I shot, he just wanted to help me shoot better. He has invited me to shoot with him someday. He never asked WHAT my method is. I have switched from split to 3 under. I don't care if that would change my "CLASS" of shooting. I did it for me. When I shoot against someone else it is still me , my method, and the time and practice I put into that determines whether I shoot better then the other fellas. I try to set a standard of competence for myself, if I don't reach that I'm unhappy with myself. If I beat someone else or not it is immaterial. Although I do like to win once in awhile. Some people just need to shoot by themselves so they will always be the best on the target, or in the woods.

[Gen273]

I am of the opinion that as outdoorsman as long as it is a legal form of hunting we should be supportive of it. I think we should do all we can to unite and promote our passion for hunting in God’s Majestic creation. I will shoot any kind of bow, recurve, long, compound, even a crossbow. However you want to hunt is ok with me. The important part in my mind is that you do what you do because you enjoy it, and not to please someone else. I have never understood all of the venom that people spew just because everyone does not do it their way. Everyone is not like me, and for that I am thankful.
So in a nutshell however you hunt, as long as it is legal, I am on your side.

[acadian archer]

if it works do it. I could care less how you get there. I shoot because I enjoy it and if I could score 100% I would.

[JamesV]

Years ago a lot of clubs would not allow 3 under because they were so afraid that a good string- walker would come in and win. Wood arrows with 125gr points. Mostly it was a big fish in a little pond (and his buddies)trying to eleminate the competition. I know some of the older guys remember those days............James

[foamkiller]

JamesV those days are still here.

[toddster]

Me personally, I could care less, as long as I can shoot and hit my target more acurately.  I don't care if its gap, instinct, walking or like someday may have to even go back to pins.  The most important thing is to have the ethics and be able to hit what we aim at, when comes to hunting, if that means I go back to compound for the better of the critter then so be it.

[owlbait]

One thing though, hunting success does NOT equal shooting success. Equating the 2 is not fair. Some guys have many more opportunities be it thru large bag limits or excellent hunting ground and their success chances are much higher. I know, I haven't even shot an arrow at a deer for the last 2 years, yet I feel I can hold mine own as an archery deer hunter.

[Jon Swanson]

I wonder if anyone knows if they gap shot, etc. hundreds of years ago?  I mean....nobody cared as long as food was on the table.  That's what I think of it.  Have fun and enjoy the sport!

[Gundog68]

I tried all the styles i read and hear about. After 10 years of experience i always trying new influences. But i keep only things which helps me to shot better. But i have had a time with a combination (release,anchor..) i could hit a target from the size of a golf ball at 10 yards every time and i know i hit it before i released the arrow, you know this days. I always want to have this time again but never reached it again. It is something in the mind, not the style i think.
But some stuff other people are found of, absolutely do not work for me. So let them have their style and i am working on my style. Does not bother me anymore.


Gundog

[L. Harris]

Already been a ton of good things said so all I got is this: I don't hunt or shoot my bow for anyone else but me. I consider myself to be too ethical with my shots(thats why I don't get many)and too rule concious. If someone says the way I shoot is against their rules I pedal on down the road, if my bow doesn't fit their mold, I go on down the road. I try to remain open minded so if I see something being done different and it is successful then I try it, who knows, maybe I can pick up something good. But if it doesn't work for me, oh well, I will stick with what does. To each his own! To me, it is all about good clean fellowship, friendship and good ethical huntin. Nough said!

[Andy Cooper]

The ONLY reason I shoot trad is because it is so much fun. Were I concerned with golf-ball sized groups at long distances, then I'd shoot a wheelie (which I did for awhile and hated it!), and were I concerned with killing something every time I went hunting, then I'd shoot a .270. I never tire of shooting my recurves, even if it's out in the yard or after jackrabbits. If I start shooting 3D, it'll not be to win...it'll be to make myself a better hunter and to have fun. If it isn't fun, I won't do it. I guess that includes the company, too!

I think everyone gap shoots to some degree.  The rhythm and acknowledgment of the arrow position in the field of view is the biggest difference.  Obviously, three under shooters can see the in their field of view, that is why they prefer it, whether they acknowledge the arrow or not.  I have noticed that when shooting with someone that takes a long time to shoot and I am shooting very fast, it can cause frustration for the long aimers.  They can get out of their rhythm.  But of course, if someone is flinching and the guy with the long hold and solid aim is always centering the target, it can get the nerves of the one who is fighting the flinch.  I have been on both sides of that fence, myself.  When my form is solid and someone else is getting frustrated with their shooting, I would much rather quit shooting and help the other guy work on his form.  It is more fun when everyone is enjoying themselves, who really cares all that much about competition and beating the other guy anyway, if they are having problems?  Now, if everyone is happy with their shooting and there is challenge, like the looser buys the burger and soda at the end of the round.  I will pull out all of the stops to get that free burger and coke.