Shooting a recurve at 20 yards and hitting a pop can 9/10 times is nota feat worth bragging about.
LOL ......... few people can shoot that well with a recurve/longbow. You do realize that IF you can shoot that well you're in a very elite company, right ?
99% of hunting shows are complete trash. They are 30-60 minute advertisements for whoever the sponsors are.
And they hunt game farms and livestock too. But yeah, I agree with the above
Buster T, I was shooting trad. when you were crapping yellow, so you might just check your pie hole. I use a compound because it is a far superior killing machine. Once again, nice try.
well there you go, Tred Barta is doing it the hard way, you're doing it the easy way by your own admission.
My question is, when it comes to killing an animal, why would anyone want to make it harder?
personal challenge. Its not the killing that makes hunting, its the HUNT that makes hunting
Does trad. equiptment wound and lose more animals than compound equiptment? What is more humane? If you want hard, why not hunt with a spear?
the bowhunter wounds and loses, never the weapon. I'd love to downgrade to a self bow, and I've read lots of stories on spear hunts for hogs, and one man names Sasha Semiel (sp?) who spear hunted Jaguars in South America. Very cool stuff, but I'm not there yet.
BobCo19-65I've done 12 wilderness elk/mule deercamps, mostly backpack or llamas, with each person having 50# to 75# of gear. The camp has been anywhere from a small one man pup tent shared by 2 guys to a luxurious 10'x10' Cabelas tent, eating dried foods and dried soups etc. I've been there and I've done that, and never used a guide and killed elk consistantly with a compound and muzzleloader. Backpack elk hunting is one of the most rewarding things I've ever done.
That said yes, it can be dangerous. I damn near died one year because of my own negligence. But that element too makes the hunt - me personally ? I don't want my hand held. I don't want luxury camp, all my meals served, and someone to point at where I should shoot etc. I want to do it all myself.
So like I said I've been there and done that.