Just be careful Jeff, b/c once you shoot with a really good,regionalchampioncalibertraditional shooter, you'll want what he has too! I have to really, really, really try hard to not let it become work.. I can go to a shoot just to have fun, but leave wanting to be the next world champion... That's just my personality... I love to compete.

I waffle a lot back and forth.. This summer I'm not competing at all, but the 2 previous summers I did and would spend hours just working on form, minor tuning, etc... I'll likely get back into that again next summer....Heck,I may even still have time to do it this year

I'm pretty good friends with one of the top traditional shooters in the surrounding few states. He shoots his longbow 2 hours everyday... Every freaking day..Year round. I just don't have the desire to do that. And like you said, that is what it takes to shoot at the top.

Where really become frustrating is that there is usually only a small seperation between the a very good shooter and an elite shooter, but the amount of work to get there can be staggering!

I agree with some of the others, find a non competitive traditional group and just go have some fun!