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DC:
I'm beginning to regret the "spits on the ground" comment. I hope I didn't offend anyone. It was an attempt at humor modeled after the "Corner Gas" TV show. I have nothing against compounds. I've never shot one. They are an amazing piece of design work and I love a good machine. I'm just stuck in a corner of archery that only includes wood.

Stringman:
I won't speak for anyone else, quite frankly I rarely speak well for myself, so it ain't fair for me to speak for others...

I started bow huntin with a used compound. Wore the bearings out of it and snapped a limb. Bought a used PSE carrera and shot the fire out of it. Hunted with it for 6-8 years and finally realized I wasn't being challenged anymore. I woke up after I was standing over an 11 pt I had shot at 50 yds. Kinda made me take a step back. Wasn't proud of that shot at all.

Started making bows and challenging myself to see how much commercialism I could eliminate from my hunting life. As it turns out, all those props and crutches I thought I needed are mostly just substitutes for real skill. I am pleased to know that I can hunt without them, but sometimes I will still use them. I try hard not to look down my ugly nose at others and at the same time be a good role model for true woodsmanship.

I enjoy it again. I enjoy the building, the preparation, the practice, the community, the hunt, and the rewards are far greater when I know that I didn't buy my success.

Aaron H:
Well put Scott

GB:
I have to agree with PD that even with all the shooting aids built into a compound (let off, sights, peep sights, release, etc) it still takes a lot of practice and work on form to become a consistently good shooter with one.  That said, I think just having any kind of pin as a reference point, esp. for elevation, is a huge advantage.  When I first made the switch from compound to a recurve, I taped a bobby pin to the back of the riser.  That was a big help for me while I worked on my form.  Of course, the hard part is eventually having to take it off and doing it without the crutch.  The satisfaction of shooting nice groups bare bow can't be beat IMO, but it took me a few months shooting 3 or 4 times a week to get there.  Since I got into making bows and enjoy that more than shooting them, though, I'm back to being a mediocre shot.  Oh well, maybe I'll get a bobby pin and start over one of these days.

I'm not into tournament shooting, but I've read about the NFAA 300 rounds.  The gist of it is if you shoot 60 arrows into the center ring (3 1/8" diameter) from 20 yards, you'll get a perfect score of 300.  Sounds tough to me, but you'd think a really good shooter could do it.  It has been done quite a few times with sights.  As far as I know no one has ever done it bare bow.

bubbles:
I put little elevation marks on my self bows. I like having some sort of reference for different distances. Its not out of the realm of possibility that a scratch or a small mark on the limb could have been used by a primitive hunter. Unlikely, but possible

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