I just completed a very good season of bowhunting and I was wondering just how many of you have the same problem I have. So I thought I' d come out of the closet and ask: How many of you swing both ways with your bowhunting? As you can tell by my handle I' m a traditional equipment user but this year I had an event change that for a minute. A good friend of mine was having an auction of his families homestead after his Father' s death. Being of the age when things were hard to come by his Father never allowed them to throw anything away or trade it or sell it. You took good care of it and if you got a new one you stored the other away. Well, during the auction my friends 1973 Bear Alaskan compound came up for sale. It had only been used for 2 years and looked brand new. The auctioneer had no idea what it was and so I got it for $50.00 with quiver. I just couldn' t let the dumb thing alone!
I used to own an archery business in which I sold compounds so I had taken one season and shot buck in PA, WV and OH with a compound so I could talk intellegently about the bows I sold. I took this bow and matched it up with arrows and broadheads and sighted it in. With a huge 30% let-off it worked just fine with fingers. So I hunted with it and killed a good 8pt. the first night I carried it. I then took my longbow out and filled my doe tag two evenings later.
Does anybody else hunt with both types of equipment? Or should I have stayed in the closet?