im glad i had it as a tool to help...

without this site, i honestly might not hunt with or shoot a flintlock or a bow...

if i did get into it on my own, i probably wouldnt be killing with either yet....maybe, but i doubt it...

ask buck magnet...i probably still have PMs saved from him from YEARS ago before i bought a bow...he helped me a TON and taught me alot of terminology and what to look for in my first bow...and kept me from buying junk...i would wasted a ton of money in bows and gear that werent right for me...

ask cayugad in the muzzleloader forum...i probably drove him nuts with 1000004 questions...

and everyone else that helped me over the years....heck, i just PMed Germ this season about scrape hunting how to's.....

its been a great tool for me....dad used to bowhunt back when i was a youngun but got out of it...he never shot a carbon arrow or mechanical release or fiberoptic pins or anything....he cannot believe how fast my bow is(which is slow compared to most these days!) and cant figure out how my drop away works...he shot fingers with a rest that looks like a bent paper clip lol...he never touched a flintlock and couldnt help me at all in that department either...taught me alot about hunting, but when i moved into new weapons, i was on my own....his buddy did take me to the range the first time with the flinter which was a HUGE help....

but i started shooting a flintlock when i was 16...started bowhunting when i was 19...im now 21 and have killed deer with both weapons.

when i take the plunge into a hunting pistol, i will use this site for more info....already started asking Rybo questions on it....

just helps me make smart purchases and learn the ropes quick...i still make my own errors...i just have somewhere to turn for help fixing them...and alot of help avoiding alot of minor stuff...just seems to really speed up the learning curve and i love it.

within a week or 2 of having my bow, i went to shoot at my buddys house who been bowhunting a few years....i was shooting circles around him....why? because of the internet. plain and simple.