ORIGINAL: Jody A
compounders want a piece of the action so they apply, and if they draw THEN they decide to pick up a trad bow.
I don't think thats the way it was meant to go. After McAlister are you going back to your compounds ?
I've shot trad for going on 5 years with a few lapses back to compounds. I'll say this ...... to get a recurve now and be ready in a few months you'll need to shoot hundreds of arrows per week. This aint your buy it on Friday and take it hunting on Sunday kind of deal.
I gotta say that in my opinion you're trying to cheat the system to get a crack at a big buck to make yourself the envy of others. You want bragging rights, big antlers .......... that IS NOT what traditional bowhunting is all about.
Well, I know you didn't intend on being offensive but here's my take.
Yeah I do "want a piece of the action" but at the same time that's not my only intent on drawing a tag at McAlister, I'll never pass up the opportunity to spend time in God's wilderness and view wildlife.
As I said in one of my first two posts, if I'm not ready by then... I won't, I'll take pictures or sit back and enjoy the fact that I'm able to be on such a neat piece of property. And as I also said in one of my previous posts I shoot daily and I take my preparation and practice extremely seriously,it's not being fair to the game I'm chasing if I don't. If I can't become proficient in 3.5 months with the resources that I have available to me then I probably have bigger issues than that. I'm not saying that I'll be a world class trad shooter by november, but let's be honest how many compound hunters are "world class shooters?"
As for after McAlister, am I going back to my compound? Does this mean that after you trad you're not allowed to go back? I probably will do both because I enjoy both.
I think that you are making several assumptions that are both unjustified and unfair. I've never gone into the field as an incapable arrow slinger and I won't do it solely because I'll be in an area where there are lots of big deer. For that matter I don't care if it's a rifle, a compound, a recurve a slingshot or a BB gun you've got to know your abilities and be disciplined in whatever you do.
I apologize if it upsets you that I haven't been shooting a recurve for 5 years before this hunt.