Alright, as I am snow bound and bored I will post another reply. All of us have presented our own views and oppinnions on this subject, each one valid. But the fact remains, unless you make your own arrows from saplings, broadheads from bone or stone, and bow from solid wood (lets not forget you can' t use modern adhesives or paints) you are a modern archery shooter. That said we all are responsible to represent the SPORT! It is not the anti-hunters that will upend our pasttime, it is the undecided John Q. Public that will make or break us. If we continue to argue among ourselves over what the general public views as archery (which by the way is anything that looks like a bow) why would they want to support us? I enjoyed shooting my compound, and I enjoy shooting my recurve. Enjoy is the key word. Thats my two and a half cents, sorry if I offended any of you.
Towerrat