Since there was no such thing as 'traditional archery' before Hollis Allen invented his mechanical contraption, I reckon 'traditional' means using the kind of gear we had that pre-dates the compound. And that's an awful lot of modernistic stuff.

Most guys seem to want to define 'traditional' according to tournament rules. Nothing wrong with that, but it's an awful narrow picture of what was actually going on with archery before the compound. For one thing, shooting off elevated rests was all the rage in the mid-to-late 60's and now it's like you've got cooties or something if you don't use a rug rest on the shelf. Look at the vintage bows from the 60's... A whole bunch of them have holes drilled for mounting sight brackets. Not just everyone was shooting 'instinctive' in the good old days.

We had camo, but a treestand - if you used one - was a platform you built out of boards in the crotch of a tree. Scent control was keeping downwind from where you thought the deer would be. We put a lot more emphasis on woodsmanship and hunting skill than we did on technology, that's for sure.

I don't get to hunt much, if at all, any more because of my disabilities. But when I do go, there is only one piece of equipment I carry that I didn't have available back then. A cell phone. And that sucker is "OFF" unless I'm in an emergency situation.

So, I reckon I'm about 99.9% traditional.