Lets face it WE ARE NOT ALONE! Bowhunting has expanded beyond the imagination of Ishi and his relatives, even beyond the imagination of the Norman, Turkish, and Oriental archers of the past. Maybe it is time to just catagorize the game taken into different tackle criteria or just abide by the rules of Pope and Young as the non-governmental organization it is and should remain. I used to shoot an Onieda compound does that make me a hippicrit? I mean look at the onieda' s, they are not like other compounds, they are a class by themselves (Perosnal oppion). I now shoot recurves for my own reasons; recurves are considered by some to be a modern invention (they forget the Turkish composite bows where laminated recurves). We all have a hand in improving the sport of archery whether it is continually searching for the perfect exotic wood to make longbows or the latest combination of wood and synthetics of modern recurves, and of course the shortest, fastest, most mechanical compound of today; all of us participate in the sport of archery, it is the tradition of the sport that we are responsible to hand down to the next generation. Funny isn' t it, my son shoots a league for nine year olds and younger. This group of youngsters do not care one wit what type bow they are shooting, they love the fun of being with others, of putting their arrows in the paper, and of course the popcorn with sprite afterwards. Maybe I should segregate my son away from the other children because he shoots instinctive with a Bear Lil bear, oh wait that wouldn' t be right cause he uses fiberglass arrows. Lets all take and learn from our children and remember we do it for the fun, the days of archery being the difference between life and death are past, it is a sport now. God willing our children will pass on the tradition to the ends of time, it is a timeless sport.
Blessings of a peaceful life to all of you,
Towerrat.