"I do know that we should all stick together as ARCHERY hunters."

Every time this kind of thread comes up, someone throws that line out. Quite frankly, as long as everyone is talking, we ARE sticking together. It's when everyone throws up their hands and walks away, down seperate paths, that things become divisive.

I'm on both sides of this. I shoot selfbows with cane arrows. I shoot a single cam, fiber optic sighted, mechanically released, carbon arrow flinger too. And I shoot anything and everything in between. It's all fun, just some of it is more fun than others.

But there has been a wedge between traditionalists and compounders for the past 30 years. It's time for us to figure out how to remove that wedge and come back together. Right now, you can't hardly bribe most trads to go to a mixed shoot that allows compounds. Some compounders won't allow trad bows on their hunting leases. The whole thing is idiotic and it must STOP!

Problem is, every time compounders get a new piece of technology to embrace, especially one that really agitates the trads, they always counter the complaints with 'we need to stick together as bowhunters.' Each time that little comment comes out, it's another tap of the hammer on the wedge.

Why not show a little understanding of the traditionalist side once in awhile? Perhaps if techies would quit flaunting this stuff in their faces, some of the trads would develop a little tolerance for their techie gear.

Understanding and tolerance is a two way street, folks.