Your Favorite thing about traditional Bowhunting

[buckeyebowhunter]

Hey fellas I'd been thinkin about this for a while, and was just wondering what you guys like best about hunting with stick n string? I'd say my favorite part is that every time I'm in the woods with my longbow, it's an adventure. I start to think about ancestors,and those who hunted this way long before I was born. Lets see some of your opinions.

[hockeyref]

The simplicity of it..... NO GADGETS....

One stick, one string, one arrow.... gone hunting

[MI_Bowhunter]

The simplicity of my gear allows me focus more on the complexity of nature.

[AleghenyMtnBow]

I like the way my knees knock together and how I hyperventalate as the critters approach. Man....I shot my first trad buck last year and I thought I was gonna have a coronary after I seen him fold up. That ain't happened in 20 years:)

 Bow hunting is FUN again.  

[owlbait]

Feeling connected to my bow, my arrow, my target, and the woods.

[MJB]

The simple Life  

[vermonster13]

The people.

[Osagetree]

Vermonster13, nailed it for me!

[Apex Predator]

The preparation!  Shooting daily, sharpening broadheads, building arrows, etc...

[GingivitisKahn]

Bow killed critters taste better to me than gun killed ones and I love not having to worry about chomping down on shotgun pellets.

[Huntrdfk]

Dave hit it for me too!


David

[Golden Hawk]

The great people I have met because of it and the fact that  I don't have to work on my bow everytime I go out to shoot.

[md126]

what owlbait said..... plus- the simplicity and romance of a real bow. the people are great too!

[ChuckC]

Because it is magic.  Because it is what I enjoy to do.  Its a feeling, and a vision and a desire. It never ceases to amaze me that I , or my buddies can pick up a stick and string, point it at some distant target, and actually hit it!

It is a thing to look forward to each fall.  It is a thing to do all year long.  It allows me to expand on my own personal skills and abilities, not just in shooting, but in building equipment, in teaching others, in teaching myself.  

It allows me to meet others that feel the same way.  It allows me to take a step back from my "other life" and just slow down and see....and smile,  at a few things that I might otherwise miss in life.

It is a feeling...the kind that generates the response to outsiders..."if I have to explain it to you, you wouldn't understand"
ChuckC

[NDTerminator]

The bow itself.  Man, is there anything cooler than a custom recurve crafted from beautiful woods?

A Trad bow, particularly that one "special" bow, feels alive in the hand.

A compound bow has all the elegance of a power drill...

[Brian Krebs]

all of the above.

[Brian Krebs]

well dang! all on page one  

[buckeyebowhunter]

ChuckC I know what you mean.

[4runr]

The good folks.

[snag]

While at home is the time spent making arrows, tuning them with the bow, looking at maps, preparing for the hunt.
While at the range it is learning to shoot better, trying to become one with the bow and arrow.
While online it is meeting new people with the same passion and the williness to share what they know with others.
While walking in the woods it is the way my senses at peaked because of the closeness to game that is necessary when hunting with my weapon of choice.
While at the dinner table it is sharing wild game prepared because of the blessing  given to me to share.
It is all the parts of what is called Traditional Archery. It is a part of me that fills me up more than any other way of hunting or any weapon I have used.