gelarson

I figure I am about as traditional as they come.
1) I hunt with a laminated bow shooting alum. or carbon arrows
2) I carry a pack with a GPS and a cel phone
3) I usually wear cloths I bought at a store, though seldom camo
4) I carry a digital camera to take pictures
5) I drive a truck out to my hunting site

and last but not least I use a stove to cook my meat!

How about it am I traditional?

Eric

zachsdad

Well, I started shooting a recurve when you would only find 3-4 guys at a tournament to be in the recurve class.

I was one of the founders of the Traditional Bowhunters of Texas and argued over equipment and classes for years.

I own and shoot one piece recurves, take down recurves, and longbows, I use back quivers and bow quivers. I use dacron and fast flite bowstrings, yarn and fur silencers. I only shoot with a glove and a leather arm guard, I use carbon, aluminum and wood arrows, 2 and 3 blade broadheads, killed a rabbit with a flint head for grins, wear all camo sometimes, jeans and a camo shirt sometimes and what ever I have on the rest of the time.

It's all good. I would have started with a recurve, but they were hard to come by in '77 when I got started in archery. Switched as soon as i could.

Tbay

If you want to be totally and truly "traditional" I suppose you would go right back to the caveman, and use a bent stick shooting a slightly straighter stick with a point that was, perhaps, hardened over a fire. Truly traditional doesn't really work well so everyone goes back to the period that they prefer be it a thousand years or 20 years. Choose what you like but traditional is an arbitrary term.

Strutter

I am so traditional even the traditional guys call me traditional.