Originally Posted by
bigcountry
You were trying to make the case that I have no tradition unless I am native american. But I beg to differ, I showed where no matter if you are native american, Scandanavian, Asian, or African, we all have a beloved tradition in archery and its humble beginnings. In fact, indians in the US came late to the scene. I highly suggest you read up on Howard Hill, Pope and Young, and see what these folks were about. The norm in thier time was using a rifle to kill deer. They did it differently for a different reason.
Roy Case is probably the founder of the US archery season. He was very much against crossbows in the WI bow season started in 1934. He made the case to the WI DNR that it required much more skill and time to harvest a deer hense the long season.
I have shot a crossbow, and it takes almost no skill to hit vitals up to 50 yards.
I highly suggest all of you try to understand where and how archery seasons in the various states came about.
So ask 100 bow hunters why they bow hunt and see how many say tradition. I bet very few. I love the up close challenge and being in the outdoors with the long season. I also trophy hunt to make it more of a challenge, It really doesn't matter why you bow hunt however.
What I don't understand is why you think you are giving up your tradition if someone else hunts the same time period with a xbow. Has no effect on what you do. Keep your tradition going...pass it on to your children. I understand your passion for the sport but I don't understand why you worry that others don't share the same passion. By the way...Im off the entire month of Nov. to bow hunt....gotta love it.
