Arthur - that's interesting about the club membership.
I believe #1. If someone just thinks about bowhunting from one week before the season to the end of the season, as far as I'm concerned the bozo can keep his opinions to himself.
I'm glad I don't fall into this bozo class you have. I started this thread on 4/12. That is 3-1/2 months past the season end. Why did I start this? Because I was genuinely interested in how others view this - to give me another perspective and possibly encourage me to shoot more often.
Modern bowhunting has absolutely no soul left to it. It's sterile, mechanical. Too much like work. Too little like fun.
Traditonal bowhunters aren't perfect, by a long shot (pun intended) but they're a darn sight closer to what bowhunting means to me.
I agree. That is part of my point. Bowhunters these days tend to worship the bow and not the hunt. As I said before, making the shot in essence is what bow hunting is all about, accept it's not. Bowhunting consists of many things - all of which are hard work and time consuming - these things lead up to making the shot. To harvest a deer with a bow, you have to do many things right. Then by taking a patterned buck, you must do many more things right, all year. That is in my blood. That is why I bow hunt. NOT to shoot the dang bow all year. Bowhunting is so much more than just shooting your bow. I've met many compound shooters that are constantly messing with their bows all year long chaning this or that, re-aligning this or that. That's fine. But it does not make them better someone that can shoot a bow well, not fool with it, then pick it up 4-5 months apart and shoot it just as well. Not to get this thread on compound vs. traditional, but yes Arthur, traditional shooting is as close to bowhunting as you can get. I love bowhunting, not compounds. I love my recurve, but am smart enough not to step into the woods with it knowing I can't shoot it well. So I take the deadly, sighted in, screaming fast, quiet, easy to shoot Hoyt. Kills em dead everytime.
