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Traditional Archery

Bogsucker

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I am anxiously awaiting a new Chek-Mate Hunter II 62" 54#@28" take-down recurve I ordered last week. Haven't seriously bow hunted for a few years, though went to a 3-d shoot last fall and haven't really thought about anything else since then.

I think there is a 3D shoot in Austin this weekend that I'll attend if my bow arrives in time.

Any other traditional Archer/Bowhunters out there?

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I may be the only other trad out here? I have been shooting a recurve for years now. How about you? How deep are you into traditional archery? I do my own arrows, stuff like that. By the way I shoot a wes wallace mentor bow.

Scotty

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Just getting back into traditional archery. I've hunted with a compound (barebow) since the early eighties. Used to make my own arrows. I shot a mamba in the early nineties then hunted with a Quillian Patriot take-down in 95. Having missed a very nice buck in Montana with the Patriot I switched back to the c and shot a nice but smaller 10 pt and a pronghorn on the same trip, kinda convinced me back then that was the way to go. I'm really looking forward to shooting the recurve this summer and hunting with it this fall. I think of it as a challenge but really it is more of a reward!

The Chek-Mate wasn't in the mail today yet, maybe tomorrow!

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My first recurve was a Quillian. I still have it but my wife shoots it now. I really like my Wallace, but I'm getting the itch. Do you get any of the used bow fliers? I have been thinking of a Bear Kodiak. I've always wanted one of the original bears. Who knows maybe ol' Fred himself built it. I don't know if I'd hunt with it, but it would be a nice piece of history to have. My grandparents had a sporting goods store back in the 50's, 60's and early 70's and I can remember Fred coming in.

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I am in the process of switching over to a recurve and plan to hunt with it this fall. I started shooting seriously last summer, but still hunted with compounds this past fall. I am selling my compounds soon to a couple friends and only shoot my recurve(actually recurves!! I now have 9) now and it's great fun. I have nothing against compounds, I just got this thing in my head when I ran across a nice bear recurve at a yard sale last summer and shoot pretty much every day. I've been to three 3D shoots this winter and can't wait for the next one in a couple weeks. There's just so many ways to enjoy archery, traditional is one of them.

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Vince, welcome. Now that's what I like to hear! You got the bug bad. I haven't got that many bows yet, but I'm working on it. The Bear you bought at a garage sale, what model is it? Did you know there is a big collector demand for older Bear bows? I have a couple nothing special, I'm working on getting a Kodiak, one of the original ones.

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