TRADITIONAL.........?

[Florida bowhunter]

Okay this has been on my mind for sometime,  in your opinion what makes a person choose or switch,from modern to traditional archery....?

[Izzy]

Freedom of choice!

[Tom]

It's what I started with and what I'll end with, Lord willing.

[Pete McMiller]

Traditional is way more fun.  I shoot alot more than I ever did with a compound.  My longbow weighs 15oz. - my wheel bow was 8#'s, you gotta love that at 9000 ft.  On the whole, the traditional archery community is a nicer bunch.

[Beau J]

I know for me personally it is the simplicity and challenge of shooting a bare bow. It just feels like the right way for me. BeauJ

[Biggamefish]

I would think the challenge and simplicity of it and the reward of having to put so much effort.  Plus I think you really have to be on your a game in the woods to connect with an animal and that is huge accomplishment.

[don kauss]

Not being afraid of a challenge...not relying on gadgetry...simplifying...Dedication to something that requires more than the minimum of practice, discipline, and patience...
Experiencing the difference between forty+ yards and under 20 yards...

Accepting/knowing the fact that there is way more HONOR in a stalk that got you to 17 yards and was blown by a whirlwind or a stick snapping (or any of 100 other things), than you will ever find vaulting a projectile long distances, from a mechanized rocket-launcher or pipe-bomb and getting the animal...

[graybarkhunter]

What makes them switch? From what I've seen, Usually a friend they see shooting at the local shop/ backyard/ 3d shoot.. Then they say I can do that, especially after they see the deadliness of traditional

What makes them stay? The simplicity... Oh yea, and when they shoot their first critter , it's over with

[D.J. Carr]

The Challenge!

[nineworlds9]

Simpler, more challenging and rewarding, the beauty and craftsmanship of tradbows, more fun, more direct connection to the actual skill, you're not just a passenger along for the ride...they call em wheelbows for a reason.  LOL.

[Chad Orde]

More fun!!! More romantic!! More personal!!

[Slickhead]

Lots of reasons but
I found that shooting a longbow is relaxing.
I can find fun in shooting just about anything.

Dont get me wrong, a compound is a great hunting weapon.
But I just have more fun with a trad bow.

[Roadkill]

At my age, and the steep hills/ mountains here, I can be flippant and say the physical light weight of the bow, but it is the fun of making all my own stuff, the challenge of tuning and. Shooting. I have never trod the well beaten paths, and like to travel my own way

[BrownA5]

X2 on all the above.  I started as a Trad archer, and switched to compound.  I cam back to traditional archery because I truly missed all that you have stated above!

[2bird]

The challenge, when I shot compound it became so easy to hit nearly anything I wanted out to 60-70 yards it literately became no fun, I was bored... So I thought I would try a recurve, well when I missed the target, and I mean a 36"x36" target, 5 out of 6 arrows (first time shooting a trad bow) at 20 yards I knew right then and there that trad was something I HAD to master, been addicted ever since lol

IMO someone that shoots good with a compound is like someone that claims they have good hand writing when they type on the computer.

[Flying Dutchman]

Traditional just feels natural to me....

[ronp]

Originally posted by Izzy:
Freedom of choice!

X2!

[Marshallrobinson]

I came back to traditional after 20 some odd years of hunting with a compound. I guess I just missed it. I started hunting with both and after about 5 years (I guess) I dropped the compound all together, just because I enjoyed the simplicity of the recurve and was tired of worrying about something getting knocked out of kilter on the compound.

What I have found is that the sticks are just as effective as the compound within my normal shooting range, which historically has been about 20 yards (give or take a few) and even better is the fact that I dont have to wrench on them.

[Don Stokes]

Murphy's Law.

[dbd870]

Started archery as a teen in the 70's had a 74ish 47# Kodiak Hunter. Got out of it for a while during college and early working life. Got back in to archery with a compound. Last year during 3D season I found I was loosing interest in shooting the course (I'm a club officer) and I would often just work the registration table and not go shoot. I decided I had to do something and bought a 70-72 Grizzly; let it sit 'till after deer season and hung it up, been shooting strictly recurves since then and really enjoying myself. I have a KMAG as well and it is going to be my hunting bow this season. Set up my compound for a teen that has been hunting with me - no desire to pick it back up at all.