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Sharing ranges with compound bows
Kegan:
I hate instinctive shooting... gap shooting is better ;)
I don't think there's anything wrong with sights or compounds. I just think that the whole, "this way or that way" seperation is causing massive issues. Why can't we all play nice?
iowabow:
I shot a compound bow for years but never understood archery until I started building bows. If you make the equipment it forces you to come to terms with with what ARCHERY IS. I also design radio controlled airplanes which forces you to learn why a plane preform in a certain way under certain conditions. When I take the plane to the flying field pilots that buy ready made planes can't understand why I don't just buy ready made planes. I think in this country we are moving to a "I want it now" mentality. It seems like it is fueled by immediate gratification and connected to comsumerism. With modern equipment you don't need to know why and think for yourself because all you are doing is pushing a button and watching how well someones Else's creation works. Now this is not a bad thing but it is what it is. Sounds like distance for them creates challenge. Think about that idea for a minute. If you take parts off their bow it would create challenge but it does not fit with the idea of selling stuff. More distance more cost. Funny thing I figured out when hunting traditional I learned to hunt so that the long shoots were not necessary. So making my equipment really taught me archery and this taught me to really learn to hunt and take shoots at 15 yards. I did not know how much I did not know before I started building so it make sense that there is problem. I would leave the uninformed alone and take your own target to a safe place that you can shoot 15 yards.
Young Bowyer:
Hmm, ive been going to a place where crossbows and compounds thrive, but i just found out theres a trad range close to me! Yaaaaaaayyy! ;D
crooketarrow:
My grandfather have a old saying. IF YOU DO'NT KNOW WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT SHUT UP BECAUSE YOU MIGHT LOOK STUPITER THAN YOU REALLY ARE. I think you'll have a hard time makeing instinstive shooters switch when it comes to hunting.
10,000 YEARS of instintive shooting might tell you something.
nclonghunter:
Once the compound shooters have shot at a longer distance and you waited on them then I would think they could wait at 20 yards while you shoot your arrows, then all advance to remove them from the target. Are you the only trad shooter there? If several trad shooters are there then it would aid in the support of stopping briefly for the shorter shot. As someone said you can shoot 3 arrows in the time a compound shooter can shoot one, so the wait is brief. Just ask, I believe they would understand.
I started shooting a recurve, then a Howard Hill longbow, then a Pacer compound. Yeah I was around when the first Allen compound was introduced. I also started with a 22 rifle and an 870 shotgun. Went to a 35 Remington and a single shot 3 1/2 mag shotgun. Next step was a flintlock rifle and smoothbore flintlock. Never could find a place for a crossbow.
I still shoot and hunt with all manner of weapons and love them all. To take a deer or an elk with a longbow or a compound requires the same skills right up to the shot. A compound may or may not give a distance advantage, it depends on the person shooting. Folks who say their style of hunting is so much better, then why would you put down someones choice to shoot a "lesser weapon". I have made several self bows and arrows and hunt with them, but also hunt with modern bows. We are all pursing game with an arrow. I do have more admiration for someone who goes out onto the playing field with a self bow and arrows, then successfully takes game. Be proud of what you do and be willing to share the chase. I for one would rather share the field with a compound shooter than a rifle hunter that shoots 500 yard X rings...just my perspective.
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