No I am not... why? I don't know why... I guess i haven't had much exposure to them... I had looked at the PBS... Another good organization.
But in the end... I hunt how I hunt and for the reasons I hunt... I haven't hunted whitetails with a gun for over 4 years... However, if the feeling hits me, I'll go to the safe uncase a pistol or take out my old mauser and go hunting... I know for one PBS is one that doesn't allow that of its membership. I am free to do so if I so choose.
I love trad archery, however, I hunt how I do, because I enjoy to. I don't look down on someone who uses a firearm, a mechanical arrow launching device (whether it be a crossbow or compound.) As long as they hunt legally and with a modicum of ethics. I am no better and no worse than any other hunter out there. I am responsible to myself, the game, the hunting community, and the community for my actions in the field. Because I use trad equipment does not make me special.
I think that most folks who hunt trad do so because they want a greater challenge. That the thrill of the hunt has became more important than filling a tag or winning the local big buck contest.
I do not know anyone (to my knowledge) who is a member of comptons who has exhibited this attitude. I just focus on myself and how I hunt. Maybe it is the Libertarian in me. I would enjoy the camaraderie of others and do so... I just don't feel compelled to be part of an organization.
I think most folks in trad archery are great. However, there are the trad police who feel that trad should be done the way they do, only. Metal risers, warf bows, carbon, even aluminum, plastic fletchings, carbon shafts, sights, ILF bows, release aids, and such are verboten!!! I would prefer someone use whatever they need to to keep hunting even if it means a release aid and sight if it keeps them hunting in a manner that they enjoy...
I guess I shun the elitism that I have seen exhibited by some in the trad community, that I feel that I should not be part of any organization.
I see hunting as the endangered sport. I just choose to hunt how I do because of the enjoyment. I have a goal of a primitive season. But when I do so, it will be for myself, I will still be a hunter and not any different from a hunter who carrys his Weatherby rifle into the woods...
I hope I could help explain, because I see enough judgement and criticism amongst trad hunters that I in no way want to be part of an organization that would condemn another ethical hunter much less another trad hunter....
As in most things in life, we the people can be our own worst enemy