TJD,

your first post is out their man! lets start talking dates of these things you want to outlaw as you say.

aluminum arrows, 1940-50' s
solo cams 70' s
mech headslate 60' s
plastic vanes wanna say late 60' s but cant put a finger on it also
rests since bows were born and the first person whined about shootn off their hand

even compounds.

Things that were played with to the tune of the 1950s or earlier!

baiting, lets see upland game hunters, waterfowlers, big and small game hunters of all kinds use bait to their advantage regardless if they put it their or not!

dont use scent lok dont plan to

trees, jeesh time to stop climbing, been doing that since I can remember walking.

buck lures, ha! I' d hate to put a date to that one, maybe prehistoric mammoth in heat scents.....

food plots or a farmers alfalfa field....hmmmmmmmmmm

hunting near agriculture, like duh!



Looks like its time to get rid of the greats, Bear, Pope, Young, Hill, and some of the more current, Adams, Wensels, Jones, James, etc etc etc.......

Guess its back to ishi days eh? Oh wait, deer skin loin cloths were an advancement in his time.




Lets get real folks. Their needs to be some kind of marker put on just pure lazyness. Hunting is just that, hunting. How many of your kids really KNOW how to use a map and compass....I' d bet not as many as can run a computer or gps! We dont bend over for the anti' s, hopefully never will. We do however try to keep some kind of image of what the term Bow HUNTER should be. Its the 80 (or so) percente of the none hunting public we conform too. Now let me tell ya, advancements are great.....to a certain level! But where do you draw the line in the sand where the ONLY difference is DRAWING THE BOW from it being a xbow. Not that I really give any quams on xbows, but I am sure ask the Nuge, he can shoot his wheels flat on his stomach lock stock and barrel! Where do you stop taking the easy way out and start working for success, heck even get rid of the term itself and redefine it! Isnt it so amazying that success for one at 50yrs of age is a different world then one at 18. Just makes ya go hmm for a second if you have any lick of sense. For that matter, we dont need no stinkn anti' s we' ll shoot of the bullet ourselfs to take us down! At the rate we are going its just a matter of time as the noose gets tighter and a heritage goes extinct, unfortunatly to soon!

Btw,

The founder of the P&Y club is now NINETY TWO yrs old. Still kicking strong and loves to chat. I had the opportunity to sit and chat for awhile with him last october. You can still get ahold of him at Northwest Archery Seattle Wa. If you are in the area of the Museum (yes he has a museum and a great one at that), GO!!! After his passing this museum is going to be no longer in WA, it will be shipped off to BFE Mn (my home state btw). Another grand piece of the archery world soon to be gone.

Their you will see some of these old things

Mech heads from who knows how long ago
the FIRST solo cam (NOT MATHEWS LMAO)
Aluminums with the founder Doug Eastons name signed on them from quite a ways back.
bows
arrows
mounts
pictures
books
and old equipment of many types




I' ll end with a question, something that need not be answered, just think about it:

What is a Bowhunter TO YOU?