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ricktrojanowski:
Jimmy
I finally managed to take a deer this year with "organic" equipment.  I shot from a treestand without the use of a feeder or electronics.  However because it was with a treestand it isn't really primitive and is relying on a "gadget".  Some folks use feeders or cameras, and I'm sure if you look hard enough you might find that you use items that make the process easier.  Items that others may look down upon.  My feeling is, hunt how you feel is the best way for you to hunt and not spend too much of your time worrying if others are primitive enough. ;)  This is all just for fun, not for competition. 

kayakfisher:
Well according to the people that I run into in the woods I am not primitive but a relic. I wear the buckskin shirt , shoot the wood bow rawhide backed, my arrows are cane or shoots with bone heads fletched with turkey bound by sinew . My quiver is plains style made out of elk hide decorated with teeth and beads. my war bag is made out of elk hide [fanny pack] my knife sheath is highly beaded and my stand is made out of wood. [it is a booger to drag in and out] I have been called hard core hunter,by those in the woods that are covered in the latest store bought camo carrying the latest high tech equipment and climbing trees in climbing aluminum stands and have been showed the utmost respect from them. However my equipment is just effective as theres is ,I do not consider myself primitive at all ,but fortunate to be able to hunt in the way that our ancestors hunted. From this way I have gleaned a great respect for the woods not as a place to kill deer but a place that provides the means and materials for what you need.I have found a great respect for the native American people at being so sufficient in this surrounding . I believe primitive is in the eye of the beholder, I still use a battery powered flashlight in the dark to get to my stand a candle would be dangerous to carry or a torch I hunt wild game trails I do not bait use deer cocaine or any thing like that. But I do hunt with pride ,pride because I know that the stuff I use to hunt with is  all crafted by my hand I am not primitive but self sufficient in the woods  just my two cent s worth but  istill drive a modern vehicle live in a modern house and work for the man to pay the gas bill and enjoy forced heating on a cold winters night and enjoy talking to my brothers of the bow on this electronic contraption

El Destructo:
Just stumbled into this Mess of a Post....and I think I will Meander rightback out again................but by the way....Hows the Weather up there in Missouri anyways...... ::) ;D ;)

jimmy:
Alright, this is the last time I'll respond on this subject, and I think I regret ever having brought it up. I am not in any way "worried" about anyone else and how they hunt. I am not in a competition with anyone here or anywhere. I said in my first post that it was not my intention to draw lines in the sand between what's primitive and what's not. I hunt with a 60 pound osage bow and river cane arrows. Primitive? Not totally. Traditional? Absolutely.  I don't even really post in this forum or any other. I use this site as a tool for learning since I make my own tackle. It just seemed strange to me that on a site called "primitive archer" a lot of the hunting methods were no different that the other hunting forums on the internet. That's all, really. If some of you would have actually read and understood my first post, then this subject probably would not have made it this far. Sorry for the criticism boys,"hunt" however you please. Far be it from me to question anything.

Kegan:

--- Quote from: jimmy on November 11, 2009, 06:04:45 pm --- It just seemed strange to me that on a site called "primitive archer" a lot of the hunting methods were no different that the other hunting forums on the internet.

--- End quote ---

Hard to get someone actual meanign from just one or two posts. But Primitive archer is just about wooden bows and arrows, not primitive hunting. Sorry you were offended by the responses.

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