Traditional vs Compound

[RyanD]

Beautiful bows Hornseeker!  Although I am not a fan of Osage but that doesn't take away from the craftsmanship.... I agree with all of the local bowyers being great I don't think you can go wrong with any of them.  Hopefully I will get to shoot one of yours sometime soon.  Sent ya a PM on the camera.

[bow-n-head]

I started with a "compound barebow" tried a recurve, lucky enough to kill a deer with it, but I really sucked at it so now I shoot a compound in the unlimited catagory. What traditionalists around here call a "bow gun". What bothers me most of all is the division between traditionalists and compound shooters. Throw stones in glass houses and everyone pays the price.

[PacificNWhunter]

Sweet looking trads

[xXx Archery]

i always look at it like this.  rifle has sights and a trigger.  so does a compound bow.  rifle was invented to increase the distance from the target and still be lethal.  so was the compound bow.  if you're going to shoot a compound bow...you might as well shoot a rifle.

I hope you walk to work...and not drive ..but I see you are using a computer...and not mail?...it is people like you that well help US all loss are right to hunt...it should not be Trad VS Comp..but Trad OR Comp...we need to ALL support each other..

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

  It does not matter what weapon you use as long as you use it in an honorable manner, Use what works for you according to your ability to ensure a clean, ethical kill. We all as sportsmen (and women) need to get along and worry about our image as a whole, not as A HOLES! 

[xXx Archery]

the point is we are all hunters. we need to stop picking sides. ..trad, comp,trophy,meat gun...so on and so on..if not we will be like the hound hunters and baiting for bears.....

[billythekidrock]

the point is we are all hunters. we need to stop picking sides. ..trad, comp,trophy,meat gun...so on and so on..if not we will be like the hound hunters and baiting for bears.....

 

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

I didn't find one piece of JakeT's comment "A HOLE". I took it at face value and understood it as his way to approach hunting weaponry. Much like someone saying they would only hunt trophies instead of taking merely a legal buck.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      I did not mean anybody in this discussion, only lending support to the quoted statement. I know most involved on this forum are not the ones giving us the bad image. I hunt with Trad equipment because that is what I like, I judge no one by the weapon they use, just the attitude displayed by their personality and actions.

[Jake T]

dang i should have checked this thread earlier so i could have saved a whole bunch of ticked off people the hassle.

i was just trying to promote some friendly rivalry.  like awesome cougars vs lame ass huskies.  as long as you are out there in the woods with good intentions and love of the sport, i'll hunt beside you anytime. 

i guess i should have used one of those cute smiley faces to convey the tone of my post a little better.  live and learn.

[bow-n-head]

you really struck a nerv. I have had many arguments on the subject.

[Jake T]

like i said, just some friendly rivalry.   

here's the kicker...in 2 weeks when spring bear opens up, i'll be using my rifle. 

[xXx Archery]

I still hunt deer with a gun and I own a Archery shop....we are all hunter
hope you have a good and safe hunt

[Machias]

You know what is funny, I have shot a compound for 31 years, I have taken 5 bears, an elk, a couple of turkeys and probably 35 whitetail and mulies.  One mulie I shot was at 44 yards, every single other animal I have taken was in the 12 to 35 yard range, most were in the lower to mid 20s.  Too me, it's not about how far I can shoot, it's always been about how close can I get.  Nice thing with archery season the seasons used to be so long that if you couldn't close the distance there was no pressure to start flinging arrows, I could always come back and try again another day. 

[boneaddict]

No need to put down the wheel bow either

  or the rifle for that matter or the smokepole. 

Going to love hunting this year withthis multiseason tag.  I like to hunt PERIOD
I find th emore traditional it is the more challenging thus the more rewarding.  Gotta have some patience though, and also the Trophy instinct inside of you might need to be modified.  I was hunting Trad bow during modern rifle season and had to let a much bigger buck go becasue I couldn't close the gap.  Rifle would have been a cakewalk  You'd have seen my face on here with another 190 class buck, but instead you saw a nice 180 class deer.  I might have been able to do it with compound though I doubt I would have taken the shot either.    To me taking the buck I got with the Trad bow was just that much more sweet.  Same with hunting the Alta hunt with it. 

I still stand by, I can walk out with my compound any given day of the week even after having not shot it for a long time and shoot pretty dang good.  The same can't be said for traditional.  For me anyhow, it takes a lot more dedication.
As for picking recurve versus longbow, just as someone stated above.  Its what feels right to you.  You could argue that just like argueing what truck is better Ford or Chevy or Dodge etc.  Nice to still have personal choice in this country.

[PacificNWhunter]

Well put Bone.

The main reason behind starting this thread, was to get an idea of what I could be more successful at as a newby to the archery world. I am drawn to bow hunting for the challenge. Not that I am a super successful rifle hunter with big bucks on the wall, actually I have never shot anything worth mounting. Until now I have been a rifle hunter and until I get very proficient with a bow, I will probably stay one. I want to switch to bow hunting because it is in my opinion the purest form of hunting. And honestly my opinion has not always been that way. Until a year ago I had no desire to hunt with a bow. I'm going to start out with a compound and hope to move onto a trad in the coming years. Is one better then the other? Who knows.... I think that despite what you use the important thing is to be in the woods, and enjoy the pursuit of the animal.

Thanks for all the input and discussions! I'm headed to the Dr this Friday to hopefully get my cast off so I can start shooting again.