How old were you?

[pauljr]

18

[Rick Butler]

Trad only for the last 25 years.

[Tom Leemans]

We all (6 of us) each started when we turned 5. I did the same with my kids.

[lablover]

Started at 12, I'm now 56.

[Jmatt1957]

9 or 10  but I strayed to the dark side for about 10 years.Picked up a recurve at a bow shoot in WV and never looked back.

[grouse11]

I was 15 when I made the switch. 19 Now so this will be my fourth year hunting trad.

[MD]

I started when my dad bought me a solid glass bear age 10 now 52 and I got my son a compound at 9 he used it for a year then I had mike at mad dog build a long bow for his 10 birthday  and it's all he shots now

[Iowabowhunter]

Started bowhunting at 17, grandpa gave me his old recurve last year. I am not sure why everybody refers to compounds as the "dark side" I have just as much fun shooting that as I do my trad bow. It is all bowhunting any way you look at it. Still trying to figure out how to shoot this dang thing, but having fun trying. It is important I believe to welcome all hunters, be they compounders muzzleloaders crossbow hunters or what have you. Hunting is hunting, regardless of how it is done. Its the PETA people we need to band together against, all this "I'm better and more ethical than you because I shoot a ....." chest bumping stuff has to quit for the better of all ARCHERS imo.

[Blueridge]

I was 6 yrs old, still have the yellow/white fiberglass bow. that was in 1961 and I harassed all the birds and squirrels for many hours a day.
Pleasant memories for sure.

[Darren]

I was 20. 19 years ago. My first longbow was a cari-bow featherhorn. And have been a dedicated cari-bow owner from day one.

[beauleyse]

I was 19 and am now 26...It was something I though would be a challenge and it has kind of taken over as a way of life.

[Danny Rowan]

14, am now pushing 62.

[arsurveyor]

Started deer hunting at 19, bow hunting at 21 and trad. bow hunting at 25.  I am now 40.  My first trad bow was a Wing Hunter that I picked up for $40 at a bow shop.  Still have it and shoot it.

[Kris]

Me, about 7, I am now 50.  My son is really good at 3 yrs  of age    

Kris

[Downtime]

My twin brother and I were 14 for Xmas when we each got 35lbs fiberglass Ben Person bows.  Harvested my first doe with that bow the next season, round the corner of the barn.  Went to training wheels for about 15 years and came back to the traditional bows in the 90's.  I am know 55.  I have 5 old girls (bows) and hope that they will last me for the rest of my life.

[nutmeg]

I was ten. I'm 61 now. It sure has been a ball. (nut)  

[Gooserbat]

I've always had a stick n string around although there have been time when I relied upon training wheels for months and years.  I started shooting my Dad's old Bear K-Mag when I was 12.

[GreyGoose]

I was 9 (versus 52 now).  At a Cub Scout meeting our Den Mother's husband made an arrow - including carving a head of wood - and shoot it from a very simple self bow he'd made from hickory sapling.  I was hooked, and in my mind, quit the cowboys for the Indians that very afternoon.

[jrbb00]

I was 25 gave my wheels away and have not worried about much ever since.

[Warchild]

25 in 1994.........never looked back!