I have read through this a time or three, and would have a really hard time narrowing it down. But after much thought here goes, some of these are probably pre trad gang, but I feel the same way about them.
So here's my list( in no particular order), and most of these guys/gals were/are the embodiment of trad to me when I first came back to trad more than ten years ago.
George (Jawge) Tsoukalas
Sterling Van (Van/TX) Harrelson
Mickey (the ferret) Lotz
Rusty (trashwood) Craine
Jim (jim in oregon) Fetrow
2walks
Jason R. (JRW) Wesbrock
Killdeer
Littlefeather
adkmountainken
George D. Stout
Ber643
Ron LaClair
Charlie Lamb
and so and, and so on.
Ok, that's more than five, but I said at the beginning it would be hard to narrow down. I wasn't kidding there's so many to choose from here. I'd be more than happy to share a camp with any tradganger. jmho
Edit: how could I forget Jerry Simmons
(I know he's not a TG'er or any other member for that matter, and my apologies for getting so far off topic), but if it hadn't of been for an article about him I would have though(where I was living in N. TX at the time) hunting with longbows/recurves was completely extinct.
-James