What brought you to shoot Trad.?

[joevan125]

I killed 3 bucks and 8 does during the 2008 season and watched all but 1 fall.

Most of the shots were 12yds or less except for one so i made my mind up the last deer i killed that i wanted to try something that would be fun practicing with and hunting with.

2 months after the season ended i ordered a ACS and now i own 4 custom bows with 4 others
 comming.

I love this sport and i really love the craftmanship that goes into these custom bows.

[cohutta orange]

I made sapling bows as a kid. Didn't get my first production bow until I was like 8. First firearm at 6. Farm boys that's how it goes. I don't even know what kind of bow it was but it didn't have a string. Dad put a piece of rope on it and I have been shooting since. I went to compounds when he got me one at twelve and shot often. I just got back into trad about 6 years ago. I'm going to be 26 July 18. I just wanted all of the native americans to win in the movies. The bow was a much more interesting weapon to me. For my 21'st b day a buddy had a curve for sale. I got it. Since then it has been trad. It is just more fun.

[rraming]

What did it for me was having to go and have a dealer put a string on my bow AND they came out with Kevlar arrows - enough for me

[bawana bowman]

Started out shooting longbows and recurves 50 years ago at age 5.
Have shot them ever since, never owned or shot a cable gun.

[Sam McMichael]

I got started as a kid at the base archery range  At Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi, where my dad was stationed at the time. I was about 10, and we used green fiberglass recurves from Indian Archery (I think) with the grip that could be used by either a leftie or a rightie. (It might have been referred to as Farbenglass rather than fiberglass, but I don't remember exactly).

This pre-dated compounds. After dad was transferred, I no longer had access to archery but held on to the enjoyment.

Later, as a teenager, I bought a Ben Pearson recurve and shot sporadically, but got all caught up in the boom of the big caliber rifles. After killing a number of deer, it just seemed too easy. After all, most of my shots were under 40 yards, hardly a challenge with a scoped rifle. However, the first deer I ever killed was with this bow - a nice 10 point buck.

Finally, around 1990, I read a magazine article about Dan Quillian. It interested me a lot, so I called Dan. That same day I drove over to Athens to his house and bought a Bamboo Longhubter. I have been shooting the longbow regularly since then.

I have shot a compound a few times but just did not like them. I have never wanted to own one. No, I don't kill a lot of deer, but at least I am truly HUNTING in the manner that feel is most rewarding.

[wollybear]

the love of the out doors, and a good frind. abought 4 years ago a frind sold me a bow for $10. a older bow a ben berson and the truth the love was born  

[3arrows]

My school teacher shot archery and showed me how to shoot a bow and arrow.Went to Kmart got a Bear bow for 39.95.Learned everthing the hard way,still at it 45 years later. Still having fun doing it.Like to help the new bowhunters,guess to pay back the ones who helped me along the way.Still learning as i go.

[CJC]

all the hot women!!!

[Bonebuster]

I started out when compounds were just getting going, but my first hunting weight bow was what turned out to be a Wilson Brothers recurve that had been through a house fire. It came out ok, but smelled like smoke.

I had an absolute blast shooting that bow. Looking back, I was dang good with it too. Ended up following instead of leading, and by the time I was fifteen, I was shooting a compound. everyone said I "needed" one. Along with it, came all the gadgets.

Before long I was shooting throughout the summer, because it is what bowhunters are supposed to do. The fun was fading.

One summer day, my older brother gave me his mid seventies Bear Grizzly. Oh happy day!

Fred Bear was always a figure larger than life to me, and a recurve bow with it`s simplicity, the decision was a natural one.

[Fishnhunt]

as someone has already said.... ze women!

[Bama Recurve]

Never shot a compound...
My grandpa gave me his Wing Thunderbird and said I've taken a lot of deer with that thing.
...That was enough for me

[SELFBOW19953]

Been shooting bows since I was 6 or so, starting out tying a piece of string to a length of bamboo, then getting my grandfathers lemonwood bow, and then his custom recurve built in the mid-40's.  Been shooting bows for over 50 years now and had never seen or heard of a compound until I was about 25.  Tried it for a couple of years-"Hated it!!"  Haven't shot one in 30 years now.

[ncsaknech1ydh]

I started hunting with recurves about 20 years ago, I had a friend that shot traditional at the time share with me the thought that with my compound if I was off in my estimation of yardage by as little as 2 or 3 yards on a 25 yard shot combined with a slight hold error on top of that I would easily miss or wound an animal, he showed me how he could shoot instinctivly out to 25 yards and be every bit as accurate if not more so than what I was using my pin sites, after alot of daily practice, and be closer to the sport and have alot more fun doing it. I was hooked shortly afterward when I purchased my first traditionl bow and havn't looked back since!

[centerpunch]

A freind and I were squirrel hunting with 22's back in the 1970's. The land owner's relative showed up with a recurve! Said he was there to scout around for the deer season! I asked if I could shoot it and he said, Go ahead! While he and my buddy stood around and talked I was having an affair with his Bear recurve! That was the first time that I really felt in tune with nature. I felt as though I was on an adventure! Soon I found myself on the back side of the property and had been gone for about an hour and a half when I heard a honk from the truck horn! When I returned the guy that owned the recurve gave me a strange look as I handed him back his bow!
A couple of years later I ordered a new Custom Bighorn from Asbell!

Lots of Great memories!

[levibear]

I had the great good fortune of being introduced to a kind old gentlemen/archer when i was 6. He felt sorry for the kid with the cheap little wood bow and sucker tiped arrows and took me under his wing and into the clan of archers.

His name was karl Palmatier,  we shot and hunted together many times on his farm here in sothern Michigan. He taught me consevation, he taught me to build archery tackle, he taught me the life lessions that our sport can teach.

Some 45 years  i  am still at it. Thats how i got started.    
Thanks Karl

[rogers]

I got started cause of hunting low light situations and not being able to see sight pins, not have to worry about yardages, nothing to get knocked loose and affect accuracy.  Seemed to be the best bowhunting bow and iv been hooked ever sense.

[Ron+dog]

buddy of mine has a bear polar i loved it went looking and a week later had a recurve of my own put the wheel bow away and havent shot it since the trad way is by far the best way
p.s. the compound is for sale if anyones interested lol

[Tsalagi]

I had a dream about it one night. I went out the next day and bought a Martin Hunter (still have it), a dozen arrows, quiver, and all the reast of the gear.

[Ragnarok Forge]

I got tired of the constant tuning and everyone competing to have the latest - fastest - most expensive - etc....  I just got really tired of compounds. I love archery now and look forward to every shooting opportunity.

[Magwa45]

It is just so simple! String, stick, and arrow. You can make your own adjustments and get it all going.