How Traditional are you really?

[Eugene Slagle]

Wood bows, with Fiberglass "hope that's close enough in that department."
Back Quiver most of the time but I do use on occasion a hip & bow quiver.
Untill I get my butt going with these Cedars I use other materials for arrows.

[lpcjon2]

Ahhh! Yes traditional is in the mindset as it is with me. I figured this would not be taken in the manner that I thought,but I had hope. The reason for the poll is to see how much traditional materials are still being used. It doesn't mean that if you use other materials that your not as traditional as others,or if you shoot from a rest compared to the knuckle. But with all the advances in materials and technology even in the trad world, I wanted to see who still stuck to the basic wood bow,arrows and the long time back quiver. No harm intended.

[owlbait]

My Safari Arrowmaster quiver hangs on my back but I take the arrows from the side. My beaver pelt quiver hangs on my back but I take the arrows from the mouth(top). Are they both back quivers? If I cut a slit in the side of the beaver to take out my arrows, then what?

[Osage61]

No harm lpcjon2.      that wasn't what I wanted to say. I saw that the original question brought about a flurry of traditional ideas, thoughts and philosophies. (thanks to "park" for his post which made me re-read mine)So I was commenting on that observation. Didn't want to sound like I was attacking your polling thread Sir. Thank you.

[woodchucker]

I have a custom longbow,but I hardly use it anymore. I usualy use one of my old 1960's Bear recurves. Mostly wood arrows,although I do have a few aluminium arrows hanging around. I have a couple bowquivers around,but I really don't use them. I like my backquiver...

I started bowhunting in the 70's with a Bear recurve and wooden arrows in a backquiver.

More times than not... That's what you'll see me with!!!

[park]

Im new here and havent talked to many people here but I think sometimes people jump to conclusions about what somebody is asking.That is just my personal observation.I didnt think it was a loaded question and I wish people werent so defensive about something that makes THEM happy.lpcjon2 is a good contibuter to this site and I enjoy reading much of what he has to say.To answer the question I shoot every kind of bow except metal risers and carbon arrows because I dont think they are traditional enough for me.No harm in haveing an opinion about what makes me happy.

[centaur]

I have a self bow, but I don't shoot it much. I'm really partial to my laminated longbows, but I shoot wood arrows pretty much exclusively, and I use either a side quiver or a bow quiver, depending on what I'm doing or hunting. I don't know where all that puts me on the 'traditional' scale.
Where would G. Fred, the Wensels, or even Fred Bear fall on the scale, since they don't or didn't use back quivers or selfbows. I think Fred Bear used fiberglass arrows quite a bit, too.
Just my humble opinion, but I think that 'traditional' is pretty much a bow without wheels. Lots of folks have been using bow quivers and shot other types of shafts besides woods, and I would think that most of us on this site are pretty traditional in mindset, but may not shoot selfbows, wood shafts, knapped heads, etc. I did get to throw an atlatl yesterday; now that's traditional!

[giff]

I shoot carbons... when those "disappear" stump shooting, i plan on switching to wood. I also shoot a glass bow

[Shedrock]

Do you get bonus points for wearing plaid shirts and plain pants? I have been out of the "camo" scene for a few years now.  

[Ron LaClair]

The term "traditional" was coined in the 70's and meant a bow without wheels. I don't think the definition has change but there's some people that have tried to make it mean something else....maybe because they weren't sure themselves what it meant to be traditional.

I've always shot longbows, recurves and self bows or wood bows. In the picture in my avatar I'm shooting a John Strunk Yew bow, flint tipped wood arrows in a wolverine back quiver.  I still do shoot all of them, sometimes wood bows and wood arrows with a back quiver. Sometimes a glassed bow with carbon or wood arrows in a bow quiver. If it's not a compound then it's "traditional"

I think to say someone is MORE traditional is splitting hairs....but that's JMO

[Wary Buck]

Steve, Jake and Ron said it best.  I think it's easiest to use the simple definition of a bow without wheels.

[Aaron2k5]

Originally posted by Shawn Leonard:
I am not traditional at all according to your definition and I do not believe the results either. There is now way that many shooting a wood bow, wood bow would be a self bow and not that many on here are shooting one. I bet most contain fiberglass or carbon. I think all these polls and question as to what is traditional are a big joke, that is why I responded. Jake has it fairly close, the sight comment is no doubt wrong, sights have been in use or tried for hundreds of years! Shawn

This.  %99.999 of us are driving a gas powered vehicle to the hunt as well.  I do disagree with raised rests though.

[BWD]

About as traditional as I want to be. Even got in door plumbing.

[DesertDude]

I'm with Ron on this one.....

[JAG]

I'm with Ron on this one.  Bow without wheels.
I personally shoot an Osage Selfbow, River cane Arrows and use a  leather Plains style quiver that is hung over my shoulder and hangs on my left side.
Johnny/JAG

[bowhunterfrompast]

By looking into the past/history of archery/bowhunting we can learn a few things.


1944 Fred Bear Allegan,MI ( Notice the bow quiver )

 

 
In early 1949, Frank Eicholtz started working with George Gordon to develop a uni-directional fiberglass. Fiberglass fabric embedded in plastic resins rapidly became the standard material for bow backins. Because of the abrasive action of cross threads in the glass frabric, however, it was not suitable for use on the compression surface. Bear and his crew worked on this problem for more than two years, and by 1951 they had solved it by eliminating all cross threads in the fiberglass.

Larry Hughes took the 1941 National archery crown at Portland, Oregan with Easton aluminum arrows.

[Hud]

To Quote Ron La Clair
"The term "traditional" was coined in the 70's and meant a bow without wheels. I don't think the definition has change but there's some people that have tried to make it mean something else....maybe because they weren't sure themselves what it meant to be traditional.

I've always shot longbows, recurves and self bows or wood bows. In the picture in my avatar I'm shooting a John Strunk Yew bow, flint tipped wood arrows in a wolverine back quiver. I still do shoot all of them, sometimes wood bows and wood arrows with a back quiver. Sometimes a glassed bow with carbon or wood arrows in a bow quiver. If it's not a compound then it's "traditional"

I think to say someone is MORE traditional is splitting hairs....but that's JMO"

Absolutely, correct.

If you were shooting back then, the term began to mean anything but compounds or crossbows in the field or at shoots. The term "Primitive" was adopted by some to mean selfbows, wood arrows and stone points. You have to think long and hard to improve on either description. Certainly, it was a frame of mind, attitude, or preference by most to include modern materials, and methods, along with the primitive as a way of rebuilding the sport.

[GRINCH]

Yes that says it all.

[Larry m]

I'm sorry I didn't read the other post. I started shooting archery in the 50's as a young boy. It was called Archery back then and remained that way until I lost interest in the early 70's. I have never shot an arrow through a compound bow. Picked the interest back up in the late 80's. I shoot many different longbows, self and laminated, recurves, take down and one piece with risers made of wood and metal. Traditional to me is a recent term and one put in this kind of question makes me think you are some what new to the passion of something very NICE!

[BlacktailBowhunter]

I am as Traditional as Larry D. Jones and Fred Bear!