For me it was less stressful and got me back to the roots of what archery should be in this day and time...FUN! When I first started shooting wheels at the age of 15 (1985), it was fun. If I could shoot a decent group and keep them all inside the confines of a paper plate at hunting distances I was happy. Technology advanced, and as it did, I became more and more obsessed with making the perfect shot and more and more stressed about it if I didn't. If I had an arrow a 1/4" inch off target at 20 yards, I was trying to figure out what was wrong with my equipment. In comes my first real brush with traditional archery. A bamboo backed osage bow with poorly spine matched cedar arrows. I wasn't great at it, but good enough to keep me coming back for more. It caused me to concentrate on what I could do to become more proficient, not what screw I needed to adjust, or what new gadget I needed to buy. Not to mention the fact that I could shoot 40 or 50 arrows in the time that it used to take me to shoot 10 - 15. Now, just a little over 2 years later, it doesn't matter whether I'm shooting BBO "selfbow" with woodies, or wood and fiberglass extreme hybrid with carbons, I have fun. Yeah, I'm still tweaking and tuning, but not near as much as I'm shooting. Once I get it dialed in, if something goes astray, it was more than likely me that caused it. The other thing I've noticed, like someone mentioned above, traditional bowhunters are the most friendly / helpful group of guys and gals around. There is no major difference between the guy with his $1200.00 BW and the guy with the $130.00 Sage, they can both be just as successful if they put the time and energy into it that requires them to be proficient. They also seem to realize that the sharing of knowledge is the key to making our sport better and helping it grow. One more thing in this long winded speech, remember that paper plate I mentioned earlier...it's back in play
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