Author Topic: How old were you when you started with trad gear? (Read 1191 times)

Russell2 · « **on:** August 25, 2011, 01:48:00 PM »

I'm just wondering how early or late you guys started to shoot and what bow you started with. I just started right before Christmas. I'm 21 shooting a PSE Blackhawk Recurve 45# at 28".

I shoot almost everyday and can't wait to be able to shoot where I'm aiming.

longbowman · « **Reply #1 on:** August 25, 2011, 01:51:00 PM »

I started with it when I was 12 because there wasn't anything else back then, you either bowhunted or didn't. I began with a 35# Stemmler fiberglass but shot my first deer a couple years later with a 45# Bear Bearcat that my daughter-in-law now uses.

KodiakMag · « **Reply #2 on:** August 25, 2011, 01:51:00 PM »

I started when I was 6. Those little red bows is what I started with. I was a 10 year 4-H shooting sports member worked my way up and been hunting with my 55# Kodiak Mag for about 4 years now.

karrow · « **Reply #3 on:** August 25, 2011, 01:54:00 PM »

im 24 now and i started when i was 19. still have the martin x-200 i started with, and now a few others. had my own place and a huge yard in the country. lots of room to shoot and a spare bedroom for arrow building and bow tweaking.

LEWIS VADEN · « **Reply #4 on:** August 25, 2011, 01:56:00 PM »

I Went trad at age 55. Wish I had started at 21. I bought a new Checkmate recurve 42@28 and paid $195.00 for it. I now shoot longbows most of the time and have one for everyday of the week or more.

Bill Sant · « **Reply #5 on:** August 25, 2011, 01:59:00 PM »

I started when I was 6 years old. Worked in my dads basement archery shop fletching arrows and stuff. Still doing it today with my own small basement operation. That was 1957. Whew, I'm getting old.

stabow · « **Reply #6 on:** August 25, 2011, 02:05:00 PM »

I started when I was 5. That was 56 years ago it was just called archery back then......stabow

wtpops · « **Reply #7 on:** August 25, 2011, 02:05:00 PM »

I was about 30 to 32 some where in there. Man thats been over 20 years ago, dang now my knee hurts. Started with a Martin Hatfield 55 @ 30" way to heavy to start out with. I sat that thing at the enterance to the kitchen and every time i walked in or out of the kitchen i stoped and drew the bow back 3 or 4 times, did that for six months before i even nocked an arrow. At the end of that six months i was able to hold that bow at anchor for 5 sec with out a problem.

TomBow · « **Reply #8 on:** August 25, 2011, 02:05:00 PM »

I was about 38 when I started the transition from the training wheels to trad. I have shot compound for about 25 years but the recurves and longbows have me hooked. Get the net and put me in the livewell!

Schafer · « **Reply #9 on:** August 25, 2011, 02:16:00 PM »

I think that i was about 2. I beleave this is one of the photos of me when i was around 2 i think.

Schafer

Bighornangler · « **Reply #10 on:** August 25, 2011, 02:23:00 PM »

I started hunting with traditional gear (that's all there was back then) in the early fifties when I was a teen ager. Although there were others, the only bows I can remember using when I started hunting were a York long bow and a lemon wood bow I made in my high school wood shop. I gradually owned & hunted with Bear, Hoyt, and a Browning recurve of 47# with which I finally took my first deer with.

longbowray · « **Reply #11 on:** August 25, 2011, 02:35:00 PM »

7 shooting with daddy and started hunting at 8

MikeW · « **Reply #12 on:** August 25, 2011, 02:37:00 PM »

About 10 with those cheap all fiberglass bows and 20 cent arrows hunting carp. Around 14 I got a real bow (Browning Nomad) and took my first deer then I went though the wheelie phase. The first was basically a Browning recurve with wheels hung in the limbs don't remember the name of that one. Then I upgraded to a Jennings Arrowstar..what a noisy P.I.A that was. Then I quit bow hunting for years & years, too busy raising a family and too broke. I got back into recurves about 8 years ago. Am 53.

flippnsticks · « **Reply #13 on:** August 25, 2011, 02:48:00 PM »

I was 11, Then when i turned 22 I tried wheels, 6 months later back to traditional. Im 28 going on 29.

Nice form you got there Schafer

Coiloil37 · « **Reply #14 on:** August 25, 2011, 02:52:00 PM »

I started trad when I was 26, wheels at 12, I'm 28 now.

rushlush · « **Reply #15 on:** August 25, 2011, 02:52:00 PM »

I wish I had started when I was young. I picked it up at 39, will be 43 come November. I tell you what I dont see myself quitting anytime soon.

Bobaru · « **Reply #16 on:** August 25, 2011, 02:55:00 PM »

Started at 14, back in '64 - dad got me a Bear Griz 45#.

I do believe there are more trad archers today than then. Least wise, my father had one heck of a time finding a mentor to help me along. That was the beginning of bowhunting on a large scale - when Fred Bear talked a bunch of folks into being 2 season hunters.

Bill Carlsen · « **Reply #17 on:** August 25, 2011, 03:00:00 PM »

My dad bought me a lemonwood longbow when I was 8.....that was 1951.

swamprooter · « **Reply #18 on:** August 25, 2011, 03:02:00 PM »

4, 5 maybe earlier, started with bows made by my dad, with nothing but practical experience he made a decent bow, dogwood or cedar was his woods of choice. First store bought was a 35 pound herters then my dad's 50 lb grizzly that I still own and shoot. Chris

stevewills · « **Reply #19 on:** August 25, 2011, 03:08:00 PM »

23 years ago,ive always owned and shot a recurve but fully commited 4 years ago.


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