Are you saying that technology has ruined "traditional" archery or just the attitude towards trad?
I shot a Fred Bear recurve Take Down Magnum back in the early 70's. Magnesium handle and quick detach limbs and a stabilizer. It had sights and a raised shelf. Pretty modern for it's day. Never saw a wheel bow on the range back in those days. Most of the shooters at that club in San Antonio were strictly target shooters who enjoyed getting outside and developing their skills as an archer. They also enjoyed shooting competitions with each other. It formed a bond and comradeship among like minded people. Same as today.
I have just recently gotten back into Trad shooting and hunting. I love the comradeship and bond that traditional archers have. Much more relaxed than those other archers.
I really like your statement "learning to limit one's advantages through self-imposed restrictions in bows, arrows, aiming approaches and shooting distances."
That does a good job of describing how I look at my journey in Trad.
I believe this statement is totally false, "The new face of traditional archery became competition driven, a race to use whatever means available (without wheels of course) to mimic the very objectives that early traditional had specifically tried to avoid...success without limits."
I have not seen any "race" in the traditional form of archery "to use whatever means available". If anything, I see traditionalist going backwards in technology as selfbows, custom wood bows and wood arrows become more popular.
"Success without limits"? Huh??? You contradict yourself when earlier you stated, and I quote, "learning to limit one's advantages through self-imposed restrictions in bows, arrows, aiming approaches and shooting distances." (Still love that)
I will compete this year in 3D tournaments at the Trad level for the same reason that I did when I shot a compound bow, to encourage myself to shoot more often and improve my skills for hunting. I'm only competing against myself. If I happen to score well enough to win, then fine, it isn't my goal. So far I have yet to see a Traditional archer obsessed with winning. They just seem to be having fun.
I shot a Fred Bear recurve Take Down Magnum back in the early 70's. Magnesium handle and quick detach limbs and a stabilizer. It had sights and a raised shelf. Pretty modern for it's day. Never saw a wheel bow on the range back in those days. Most of the shooters at that club in San Antonio were strictly target shooters who enjoyed getting outside and developing their skills as an archer. They also enjoyed shooting competitions with each other. It formed a bond and comradeship among like minded people. Same as today.
I have just recently gotten back into Trad shooting and hunting. I love the comradeship and bond that traditional archers have. Much more relaxed than those other archers.
I really like your statement "learning to limit one's advantages through self-imposed restrictions in bows, arrows, aiming approaches and shooting distances."
That does a good job of describing how I look at my journey in Trad.
I believe this statement is totally false, "The new face of traditional archery became competition driven, a race to use whatever means available (without wheels of course) to mimic the very objectives that early traditional had specifically tried to avoid...success without limits."
I have not seen any "race" in the traditional form of archery "to use whatever means available". If anything, I see traditionalist going backwards in technology as selfbows, custom wood bows and wood arrows become more popular.
"Success without limits"? Huh??? You contradict yourself when earlier you stated, and I quote, "learning to limit one's advantages through self-imposed restrictions in bows, arrows, aiming approaches and shooting distances." (Still love that)
I will compete this year in 3D tournaments at the Trad level for the same reason that I did when I shot a compound bow, to encourage myself to shoot more often and improve my skills for hunting. I'm only competing against myself. If I happen to score well enough to win, then fine, it isn't my goal. So far I have yet to see a Traditional archer obsessed with winning. They just seem to be having fun.
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