Well, I'm not trying to toot my own horn here (really), and I'm definitely not trying to bash anyone, but here's what my experience has been.
I've been trad shooting now for 51 years. I've been trad hunting for 32 years.
Why the difference in years? The answer is simple. It took me that many years before I felt proficient enough with my bow to hunt with it.
In that 32 years of hunting, I have lost 7 animals. 3 deer, and 4 hogs. Pretty good success rate considering the hundreds I have recovered.
In all my years of bowhunting, and sharing a hunting lease, I was always the only trad guy on the lease. All the rest were compound guys. I killed just as many deer & pigs as they did, and spent way more time looking for their shot animals, than I did mine, MANY of which were never recovered.
Regardless of which, it's not about the equipment.
It's about the dedication, and the honesty to yourself in knowing your limitations.
It's a mind set, YOU have to develop, and some (dare I say many) don't have the maturity to do so.
I can (could. haven't tried in a long time) shoot milk jugs at 100 yards with a good compound bow. Been there, done that (many times), and have the witnesses, and the money in my pocket to prove it, but I would NEVER try to kill an animal that far away with any bow.
There are slob hunters in every faction, and no more in one than any other.
Rick
I've been trad shooting now for 51 years. I've been trad hunting for 32 years.
Why the difference in years? The answer is simple. It took me that many years before I felt proficient enough with my bow to hunt with it.
In that 32 years of hunting, I have lost 7 animals. 3 deer, and 4 hogs. Pretty good success rate considering the hundreds I have recovered.
In all my years of bowhunting, and sharing a hunting lease, I was always the only trad guy on the lease. All the rest were compound guys. I killed just as many deer & pigs as they did, and spent way more time looking for their shot animals, than I did mine, MANY of which were never recovered.
Regardless of which, it's not about the equipment.
It's about the dedication, and the honesty to yourself in knowing your limitations.
It's a mind set, YOU have to develop, and some (dare I say many) don't have the maturity to do so.
I can (could. haven't tried in a long time) shoot milk jugs at 100 yards with a good compound bow. Been there, done that (many times), and have the witnesses, and the money in my pocket to prove it, but I would NEVER try to kill an animal that far away with any bow.
There are slob hunters in every faction, and no more in one than any other.
Rick
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