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DanaM:
Got into a discussion with some friends on modern technology the other night. Everywhere one goes its gizmos and gadgets
everyone seems to have a cell clipped to their ear now, internet and tv on the cells now, computers, gps, high tech bows and muzzleloaders
its all supposed to make our life easier, ya right. More like complicate yer life and suck your money from your wallet. I have a cell that work decided
I had to have that way I'm on call 24/7 extra pay? ya right. I use the computer but mostly for chatting with you guys and as a research tool for genealogy.
I own a gps its nice for when I find a good spot I can save the waypoint and come back months later. I use power tools to build bows bandsaw, sander etc.
But the biggest thing I see especially with kids is as soon as something new hits the market they gotta have it even though what their using is perfectly ok.
Look at compound bow shooters I know a couple of friends buy new bows every year or two because their supposedly faster and easier to shoot. Talking some real money here. My first compound was a bear whitetail bought around 1978, that bow was cheap and would shoot thru a deer no problem. Was it good enuf? nah had to buy a new one that was faster and in a few years another so on and so on. Finally got fed up with it all and quit bow hunting for years. Look at the modern muzzleloaders
nothing primitice there, more like a single shot rifle give em a few years and they will have highly accurate repeaters on the market. As i grow older I'm starting to simply my life, when I head to the woods I want to relax if I get a shot or two great if not maybe I found some morels or arrow shoots. Even if I come home with nothing, I still come home at peace with myself!!! So is technology bad, nope is it good nope it just is, its your choice to use, or not I guess.

As jamie says Peace

Pat B:
Dana, I'm with you here! My goal in archery is to see how simple and primitive I can get and still be efficent. I do still make lam bows(and see where that has gotten me lately) but prefer a simple selfbow. I am in the process of making a bow with a piece of osage I took from what was rejected for my bow wood stash. Just to see if I could. So far so good!
  Simplifing life has been my objective for years and it is a very relaxing situation.   Pat

DanaM:
I know I was rambling a bit, didn't really sleep last night. It just seems like I'm at a crossroad in life. My son is leaving for the Coast Gaurd on May 8ty, my daughter is graduating from high school, and I only have 5 more years to work a normal job. So its going to be just me and momma soon. I watch friends my age and their all hell bent on acquiring "things". Me I keep tellin the wife all I want is tarpaper shack in the woods ;D She thinks I'm joking but I'm really not. I guess my American Dream differs from most folks. I've only been building bows for 6 months but I will do it until I'm gone. If I have a tough day at work all it takes is a few shavings to still the waters. Order is restored. Also the people I have met in here are unlike most folks, caring, giving, helpful well you get picture. Lets see 330bull sent me 3 VM staves for shipping costs only, I sent Justin Snyder a dowel maker now he's sending me some goodies, VB sent me some bandsaw metal for shipping only, I sent Agbowyer some sinew to help replace what his dogs ate >:( , Says alot about the quality of the folk. The thing is technology makes this possible! sorta ironic don't ya think.

DanaM

Justin Snyder:
I hear you Dana.  I'm not quite as old as you.  ;) I bought my first compound in 1988. Then another, then another. I currently have a beautiful, top of the line Hoyt, that I have shot 4 arrows through.  I gave up on bowhunting because it was loosing its appeal. I was shooting sights and using a release.  I felt like I was shooting a short range rifle.  I built my first wood bow in 2004 and I cant get enough.  It brought back all the fun that got me bowhunting in the first place.  I do like a good selfbow, but I build a lot of laminated bows because that is the wood I have access to. Now thanks to the guys on this site, and trades I have made, I finally feel like I have enough staves to build some bows. When you pay for staves you don't build a lot of selfbows.  ;)

By the way, I like to do genealogy on my computer too.  I currently have about 15,000 names of my ancestors and can trace them back to Europe in the 1300s.   :o   Justin

DanaM:
Justin I can only get to the 1600's france via Quebec on moms side, Dads is a dead end in sweden and/or finland.
Apparently I come from a  long line of farmers ;D

Dana

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