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Author Topic: A traditional mentality?  (Read 819 times)

Offline moleman

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A traditional mentality?
« on: December 30, 2012, 08:39:00 PM »
Oh how I enjoy the success stories posted on here, but with most there seems to be a common thread.......RESPECT for the game taken.
Maybe its just me, but do we as traditional hunters hold the game we hunt in a higher esteem because of the equipment and limitations that we choose to place upon ourselves in order to more closely even up the odds while on the hunt?  
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Offline Phrogdrvr

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Re: A traditional mentality?
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2012, 08:44:00 PM »
The way things are working out for me, I'd say the odds are squarely in the game's favor the way I'm doing it.

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Offline Duncan

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Re: A traditional mentality?
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2012, 08:48:00 PM »
I think it matters little what equipment is used. Respect and reverence for the game we hunt and each other is a choice we have made. Life is about choices after all.
No fist pumping or victory dancing for me. I'm not in a war with the animals where there is a winner and a loser. I am only thankful for the animal's sacrifice which will sustain me and my family.
Using Traditional equipment is just the icing on the cake so to spaek.
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Offline Jayrod

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Re: A traditional mentality?
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2012, 08:52:00 PM »
Very well said Duncan that's what its all about!!
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Offline ISP 5353

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Re: A traditional mentality?
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2012, 08:58:00 PM »
Duncan said it far better than I could have!

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Re: A traditional mentality?
« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2012, 08:59:00 PM »
Duncan X2.

I hunted for 20 years in Germany with a gun because archery is not allowed for hunting. I can not recall EVER seeing a hunter do the fist pump, YESSSSS, victory stuff.

I think a lot of that is a result of the "buy a big rack" animal snuff shows on TV.
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Offline Frank V

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Re: A traditional mentality?
« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2012, 09:03:00 PM »
Gladepeek

That's mostly what has turned me off the "hunting shows" I detest the high fiveing, dancing, & whooping & hollering that most of the shows have. That & 2 minutes of hunting followed by 10 minutes of commercials!
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Offline DeerSpotter

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Re: A traditional mentality?
« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2012, 09:11:00 PM »
Duncan X3 well said.


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Re: A traditional mentality?
« Reply #8 on: December 30, 2012, 09:15:00 PM »
yup.

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Offline Goshawkin

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Re: A traditional mentality?
« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2012, 09:15:00 PM »
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Originally posted by Duncan:
I'm not in a war with the animals
I just laughed when I read that. I was watching a hunting show the other day with a friend of mine.After about the third commercial he said "Geez,it's like they're in a war against the deer"  Trail cams,Ozonics,laser rangefinders,etc. Commercials where the arrow hits the target and they explode,"range 'em and eliminate 'em","Blood paving machines".

Offline BRIARS

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Re: A traditional mentality?
« Reply #10 on: December 30, 2012, 09:31:00 PM »
Yeah they all think they got to get fired up to put on a good show.

Hey sometimes I get a bit excited but most of the time it just harvesting meat.

As far as the shows go I cannot stand the commercials. Like was said earlier 15 min of sponsor time, 5 min of B.S. and they play the 2min of footage over and over to fill the rest of the time.

I used to like the shows but now after watching them over the years I fell like I fail if I go hunt and do not shoot a 150 class buck. I mean heck they make it look so easy. Honestly a 150 buck is not big enough for most of the show now. I mean WTF I probably have not seen three 150  class bucks on the hoof in 40 years of hunting.

Offline Mike Shaw

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Re: A traditional mentality?
« Reply #11 on: December 30, 2012, 09:44:00 PM »
I think Fred summed it up nicely..

 
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Offline Rick Butler

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Re: A traditional mentality?
« Reply #12 on: December 30, 2012, 09:45:00 PM »
Agree totally with Duncan's post.
Also for me hunting with Trad. equipment makes it a much more personal experience.  I will never kill as many deer with my longbow as I could with a firearm, but I enjoy the hunt itself much more and find more satisfaction in hunting doing it this way. And in the end that's what it's all about.
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Re: A traditional mentality?
« Reply #13 on: December 30, 2012, 09:49:00 PM »
Nope...I don't think the respect for the game has anything to do with the equipment I use or you use. Some of my best hunting buddies don't use the same equipment that I do, but their ethics and respect for the game they kill is beyond reproach. That's why I hunt with them. The flip side of that is I've seen some "traditional" folks that I would never share a camp with.   :wavey:
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Offline old_goat2

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Re: A traditional mentality?
« Reply #14 on: December 30, 2012, 10:10:00 PM »
lot of good sense made here and I believe your post title "traditional mentality" can be taken more ways than one, it's not just about traditional archery equipment it's also about good old fashioned values. I'm into trad because it's challenging and because in some ways it's not challenging, I've missed some easy shots with training wheels that I probably would of slam dunked with a trad bow and vice versa, hell I missed a Bull elk at 7yds last year when I got all out of form and didn't realize it. It seems trad guys are just more fun too shoot with though, have witnessed that at multiple 3d shoots in a couple of states, they are hooping and hollering and giving each other grief and the compound guys are all serious and get mad if you breathe too loud:) Read on somebody's signature line, A compound never promised what a recurve couldn't deliver or something like that. Ethics are equipment blind in my oppinion! I don't get all wrapped up in whether somebody hoops and hollers when they get an animal or fist pump, if they eat the meat and love the animal they could be just as good of person as the guy that says a prayer and is stoic. Everybody displays emotions differently, now if they are doing it strictly as an act, well then they are fooling themselves! I just worry about myself for the most part, hell I hurt my face smiling for an hour and a half straight after I took my first deer with a bow yesterday. Walk the walk and not just talk the walk and set the example is all the more you can do in life!
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Offline Altiman94

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Re: A traditional mentality?
« Reply #15 on: December 30, 2012, 10:14:00 PM »
Most of you have already touched on it, but the 'commercialization of hunting' has hurt (and helped) our sport some.

The good is that it gets it out there and makes it 'cool' for people to do.  The bad is that everyone expects to shoot a major trophy and some become dejected and quit hunting.

I know the numbers say that we have less and less hunters every year, but the public land during bow season just doesnt show that where I hunt.

That said, respect for the game is universal.  We are all excited to bring home our harvest.
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Re: A traditional mentality?
« Reply #16 on: December 30, 2012, 10:19:00 PM »
I hunt traditional (stick bow or flintlock rifle and fowler) because game is heavy hit and scarce hereabouts and I want the occasional opportunities to ALL be trophys.  They are.

I have a great deal of respect for game.  I practice with my bow every day so I am confident when I get close enough I will be an effective killer.
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Re: A traditional mentality?
« Reply #17 on: December 30, 2012, 10:24:00 PM »
I think that we do seem to have a higher standard, and higher values toward game than those who use more "modern" hunting impliments.  I dont know why, we just do.
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Offline Retnuh Wob

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Re: A traditional mentality?
« Reply #18 on: December 30, 2012, 10:39:00 PM »
I think respect for the game that is hunted comes from knowledge. I have only been seriously shooting traditional for a year and have yet to draw blood. However, I have seen some beautiful animals and my attempts to get set up on one has taught me a lot about them. I have done a lot of research which is enjoyable but getting out in the field aquaints you with the game in a way that could never be achieved through just study and books. When you hunt it seems all of your senses are turned up a couple of notches and you notice more. Not only about the animals but the entire environment. Hunting with a traditional bow makes the hunting experience even more intense because you have to be better and know more about your quary to get within bow range.

I think hunting in general fosters respect for both the animals hunted and their environment. Trad hunting does it in spades.

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Re: A traditional mentality?
« Reply #19 on: December 30, 2012, 11:08:00 PM »
I consider the celebration of a kill the same as praying.
Everyone does it in their own way.
For some it is a silent respect for a fallen animal.
For others it a rejoice of a differnt kind.
To each their own.
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