Trad Gang is not Popular Mechanics - UPDATE page 30

[gregg dudley]

Glad I had a fresh bottle of diet mountain dew when I sat down to read this thread!

Amen, Terry!  

I thought it was just me that was noticing the trend.  It is amazing to me how fast the ever spawning and often repeated tech questions have been pushing the real hunting threads to page three in the last six months or so.

I do think that the reason that performance threads are so rampant is because of the large number of people who are picking up a trad bow for the first time.  I think that these threads probably can just be moved to the shooter's forum and we will all be a lot happier.  

I also agree that we need to politely refer people to the search function when appropriate.

[Terry Green]

Gregg...can't move em to the shooters forum....if you go there, you will see what I have to go through to keep that forum 'for the act of shooting'.  Some folks just will not read the guildlines even though they are posted all over the place.

There's a guys, new guy, that's posted there twice today asking for all squirrel footage to be posted on his thread.  He also posted asking what arrows are best on the bowyers bench. Maybe he's had one too many Mt Dews!!!

Anyway, that forum is designated for folks to learn how to shoot, and I try and keep in on topic so there wont be any wading through stuff to get to the meat and potatoes....so we can't sweep anything in there.

How's the Global Warming in FL    

[mcgroundstalker]

Thanks Terry! You're Right On Target!

... mike ...

[broketooth]

mr terry this site is my favorite website. ive learned alot about archery here first.granted i dont get to go on any of the high dollar hunts as some of the more fortunate ones here but i do get to learn from their stories of their hunts, i also dont get to hunt as much as i would like to, seeing  the awesome  harvests are what keeps me goin. first off i love to shoot. i also like to watch others shoot . you can learn alot from it, plus i,m absolutly fascinated with the flight of an arrow.what i dont really care to see is a bunch of nit picky hooha over which is the next best thing  or this vs. that, its kinda like beatin a dead horse and ya end up nowhere. ive been shooting trad for 14yrs or so and i'll tell ya ive had the most fun this past season and learned alot i cant wait for what is in store for me next you have a great site and i hope things can be done to improve and make it better  

[jhg]

...I also agree that we need to politely refer people to the search function when appropriate. [/QB]

I'd agree with that, especialy since the site has a great search feature. Whenever I suggested the poster ck the archives it usually got ignored or trampled. I was never backed up by a senior member. So I thought I'd made some kind of mistake and kept quiet after that.

It would help if those of you who see things drifting and have been here a long time step up. Don't sit back until Terry  brings it up to say something about it. Take some responsibility.

[leatherneck]

Guys/gals, take a look back. This post was started a little over 8 hours ago and it's already 10+ pages long. It appears there is about 99% supporting what Terry wants. In my eyes, talk is cheap! It's his house and we need to respect it. So now we need to just DO IT! I have seen people post on this thread that have not been on here for a while for whatever good reason they may have. Great to see you all again. It's also great to see everyone come together and talk trad again. Yes, thats what we are doing on this post folks, talking trad. Thats all the man wants on HIS web page is for everyone to talk trad.

Who wants to go kill something?    

Mike

[CallMaker]

Compounds....Balderdash!!!!

[Terry Green]

Originally posted by leatherneck:
 I have seen people post on this thread that have not been on here for a while for whatever good reason they may have.    

Mike

Yep.....that's been a major concern as well.

[leatherneck]

AIN'T NO GLOBAL WARMING HERE IN OHIO!!!! Got a cot handy Gregg, I'm sick of the snow.


Mike

[joe ashton]

This is one great site..   Thanks...

Joe

[gregg dudley]

I don't hardly go to the shooter's forum so I am sure you are right.   When people start talking about how they shoot I walk away as fast as I can.  I shoot bad enough without people adding to my confusion.

I ain't been warm since I went to Texas and the weather followed me home.        If I found a den of rattlesnakes like Skyler and Chase did I would crawl in it for warmth.    

[leatherneck]

quote:Originally posted by gregg dudley:

     

Sorry Terry, didn't mean to get off topic.

[LoneWolf73]

Yes things are going in the wrong direction.

Trad Tech can be like a tire rut, it only takes you where the road goes, not where you want to go.

Good luck "Cat Herder". LOL

[FerretWYO]

Originally posted by gregg dudley:

I ain't been warm since I went to Texas and the weather followed me home.           If I found a den of rattlesnakes like Skyler and Chase did I would crawl in it for warmth.      

That my friend is an act of desperation. SEnd me an address and I will sent you some wool sock or hot hands or somthing. I dont want you crawling in a den with rattle snakes. I hope to meet you one day.

[pitbull]

Terry you are 100% right, this is still the best site around. Simplicity is the beauty of trad archery. Actually I have shot, hunted with, and been sucessful with every type of archery gear available. This is not because of any gadgets, it is because of woodsmanship and countless hours of practice, scouting and preparing my gear. There are no short cuts to success, and nothing better than doing it with traditional gear.

[gregg dudley]

Randy,  I have a feeling our paths will cross on one hunt or the other. If not by chance we'll make it happen.    

[ishoot4thrills]

I'm beginning to think that Terry isn't really against "tech talk" as it relates to achieving good arrow flight and penetration on game and tuning bows in general in order to accomplish our goals. I think he's venting his frustration against people being too pushy and having a "my way is best" mentality and spending way too much time and space delving into performance comparisons and things(read gadgets) that don't make us better trad hunters and/or shooters. And we're doing it in the Powow forum. If I'm incorrect in this assumption then maybe we can have a new forum topic for those that wish to explore those things or learn a thing or two about the technical side of trad archery? After all, the "Bowyer's Bench" has many topics on tech stuff but that doesn't mean it's not trad related.

Am I way off base here?   :confused:

[BOWMARKS]

   

[Red Beastmaster]

I skip threads about FOC, skinny strings, performance enhancing, single bevel, etc. I'm sure there is a whole lot of interest by some but not me. I just skip ahead to the next thread.

[TNstickn]