In your own words, why is it so important to connect with "the past"

[Arkansaslongbow]

We are all in this traditional way for a reason; I for one just feel a need to be simple and I truly love the "nostalgia" that surrounds traditional archery; I hate to see how "modern" our hunting has become; I am not totally against some advancements but the shows and media of today are focused on the wrong things;

So in your own words express your meaning on what traditional archery and hunting mean to you; thank you

 

[adkmountainken]

so it is NEVER forgotten and to insure the youth of today can participate in something so honest and pure.

[Rick Butler]

Takes me back to simpler times.

[awbowman]

Simple is better!

[Steve in Canton]

It is not important to me to connect with the past, I just enjoy shooting my recurve more than a compound.

[GRINCH]

The present is ever changing,the past has already been proven,tried and true works for me.

[Eugene Slagle]

I got tired of the modern contraptions & wanted to go back to my beginnings, not sure if I do connect to the past but I do think I should have been born a few hundred years ago.

[Craig Schoneberg]

I would go along with what adkmountainken said.  It seems to give me a feeling of returning or 'connecting' to simpler times.

[Maxx Black]

Simple is better! I am old enough to remember the past I used the stick and string prior to the steering wheels and sights.(compound).  I used one for a couple of years and quickly switched to the recurve and longbow. Since retiring Simple is better,shooting everyday is better,living in the country is better,friends on Tradgang priceless.
Maxx

[Mike Vines]

"In your own words, why is it so important to connect with the past"


Because the future doesn't look to good.  

Honestly, I have never liked the use of technology.  Not in a Ted Kazinski kind of way, just that the tried and true results have work for thousands of years, so why try cheating yourself and take the easy way out.  Howard Hill didn't call his book The grab your latest electronic gadget and bow with a trigger for a good reason.  He called it Hunting the Hard Way.  Yes it's hard, but to me it's more fun.

As for now, I can afford to put food on the table, so being "successful" while hunting takes a back seat.  It's about being outside, and especially doing it with my kids.

[jackdaw]

My dad was an archer since the late 40's and a charter member of our local bow club in 1958 and my early memories of him with a bow were with a 55' bear kodiak. That "image" of him with a recurve has stuck with me since I was but a lad and the lure of a recurve, (and to a lesser extent), a longbow is what personally floats my boat. I love the challenge and the outright asthetic appeal of traditional bows. Cant get enough....jackdaw

[Gray Buffalo]

It takes me back to my child hood.

[WINDTALKER]

I don't know why or even if I feel the need to connect to the past. What I do know is that something deep in my soul is satisfied whenever I pick up my bow and go hunting or I wander through the wilds collecting bow wood and arrow shaft material.

[magnus]

It's not only a connection to our past it's a connection to our creator God almighty.

[njloco]

In 1958, they put a kids bow and arrow set in my hands, I am now learning what I used to do naturally. So I guess  I am connecting with my past, and like the other guys have already said, I'm all teched out, I need something very simple. I shot by myself for 16 years and have only just got back into Trad. I'm happy to say I got back into it before I knew about the Rondys and 3-D shoots, and the forums, this is just the icing on the cake.

[Stumpkiller]

It's not only a connection to our past it's a connection to our creator God almighty.

Shouldn't need a weapon to do that.  ;-)

I like the older gear because it keeps me in tune with simler times and presents a challenge I can test myself against.

[mwosborn]

Because it is fun and I like it.  Watching a arrow fly out of a compound is nothing compared to watching it arch out of my recurve - I never get tired of it.

[jarhead_hunter]

It takes me back to the far simpler and more joyful days of yesteryear.

A feeling of solitude and independence that I would really like to experience once again.

Just me, a boundless sky, endless stands of Ponderosa pine and small streams with native trout.

No established camprgrounds, no portable boom boxes, no loud and obnoxious party types.

I am packing now to go spend several weeks in the Gila Wilderness of New Mexico.

Charles.

[ProArcher]

I started on traditional as a kid. Then went to a wheel bow and that was fun and expensive. All the gadgets that made the bow shoot like a rifle. There was no challenge, I hit where the bright dot was. Now I have a bow from **** and things are less expensive. I am in the process of making a bow from black walnut. Cheaper still, I already had most of the tools (yes power tools), but I’m using a draw knife to do most of the work(and I do mean work)

[Scott Teaschner]

I started with a recureve went to compounds as teen. Shot compounds till I was 25 then switched back that was in 95. I truly beleave it is the best weapon for bow hunting and thats why I shot traditional. Just hope all the compound shooters never figure it out! I love finely hand crafted equipment so it fits me well.