MILLERTIME10 I misunderstood parts of your posts.
Sometimes we are all hunters, but a lot of guys on this site, and the site itsself are not. I've been around here for tens of thousands of posts - I do know what I'm talking about in that respect.
dwd2001 I dunno man ......... it just sets me a bit wrong for some reason.
McAlliser is for trad hunters only, one of the few places like it. Compounders don't like that it seems, and so they draw for tags and only IF they are successful do they then try and learn a vastly different side of bowhunting.
That strikes me as a bit wrong as a traditional bowhunter - I'm being honest in saying that.
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've been shooting trad going on 5 years and am not a master of this sport. Maybe you'll be a natural ......... but why didn't you start shooting a recurve when you first decided to try and draw McAlister ?
okietreedude
McAllister bowhunts are non-compound, am I right ?
You shoot a compound, right ?
So why in the world would you try to draw a tag for a hunt using a weapon you've never used ?
Big bucks and self glory maybe ? How far off the truth am I ? Theres plenty of places to bowhunt with your compound ........ why choose a place that doesn't allow it ?
I have a friend that drew in last yr, borrowed a bow 1 wk later, and hunted w/ it there. He drew in again this yr w/ his son who has never recurve hunted.
Borrowed a recurve, never shot one, went hunting.
Gawd ............ thats what I'm talking about. Very few men can do that.
Ya'll who apply for a tag with a weapon you have no clue about is exactly my beef here. Sure, maybe you ARE a natural instinctive shooter ........ chances are you are not and if you're too lazy to practice until the day before with a compound, I can imagine your work ethic to learn a trad bow.
Yes, thats the vibe I'm getting. Call me crazy, but ya'll are applying for a tag for the big bucks that roam there, and you're only using a recurve because the restrictions of the base itsself. You have no love for trad archery, and no desire to learn it except for a week of big buck hunting in OK
I think that sucks personally.