flat feet - rules change. P&Y didn't allow >65% letoff for years, do you think they should have ? They had too because they realized the ast majority of compounders were using them and they would continue to and they'd lose a great following if they didn't tweak there "rules"

P&Y is a private club, making whatever rules they want. If they made a no mechanical broadheads rules would you deduce then that mechanical broadheads should not be allowed in archery season ?

The P&Y club, while doing great things, is a selfish club that has its own intrests at heart.


BOWFANATIC - I am currently shooting a Hoyt Gamemaster recurve. Do you know why ? I love the challenge of trad shooting - no sights, no letoff, no release, no gizmos or gadgets .......... just nock, draw, focus and shoot. Its my challenge, its my choice of bows that affords me challenge yet also a resaonable shot at shooting a deer and filling a tag.

MY CHOICE. Yet is is far away from the challenge of cutting an osage stave and whittling my own self bow. I'm choosing an EASIER route becasue even though its easy in comparison, its still tough for me.

You are doing exactly the same thing. You are shooting a compound because its a challenge to you - correct ? You shoot it because you find it fun, yet challenging, but still affords you a reasonably good chance at killing a deer.

But you're far from the challenge of shooting a recurve or longbow, and farther still from self bows.

You see, you and I have challenges that we take, and we base it on many things. Time available to practice, money, goals, sheer fun in shooting the chosen weapons ....... many things. I UNDERSTAND why you shoot a compound, you probably understand why i shoot a recurve.

What seperates us is I also understand people finding the challenge of bowhunting with a crossbow challenging. Perhaps not the shooting aspect (though you full well know I believe compounds very easy) but getting within 20 yards of a deer and making the shot ? Thats a huge challenge for guys - be it shooting a crossbow, a compound or whatever their chosen weapons.


I'm not forcing you nor would I ever without proof that compounds are a negative to archey - to choose a recurve. I don't think we should force guys who want to shoot crossbows to shoot compounds or trad bows either for the same reasons.