One of these days you guys, are gonna
Get me to switch. Not today, but soon
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This is what got me to switch to traditional. This might be a little long...
I was at a deer hunt in southern Ohio hosted by a CBA chapter. I went not knowing anyone and had only been bow hunting with a compound for a few years. I was shooting a Hoyt outside the lodge by myself at a bag and a guy was sitting on the picnic table having a smoke was watching. He commented on how quiet my bow was for a compound. We talked a little and I pulled my arrows and he asked if he could shoot. He picked up an Assenheimer recurve and shot some arrows while I watched. I said something about how quiet his bow was and asked a few questions about shooting since he had no sights or release. He basked if I wanted to shoot his bow and I reluctantly agreed. He put the arm guard and glove on me and told me how to go through the motions. We got about five yards from the target and I shot. Nothing hit where I wanted. I shot all his arrows and handed him his bow and he told me to drop it to the ground. I wouldn’t do it. He took it from me and dropped it and said it was just a piece of wood. I told him if he dropped my bow like that we would both be rolling around on the ground.
Later that season I dropped my bow from a treestand as soon as I pulled it up. Had to go home and retune. Walking out I kept thinking of the Recurve being dropped to the ground. I killed four deer that year all from the ground at closer than 10 yards. I kept thinking I could do that with a Recurve. When the season was over I saw a guy named Hoot on the Ohio Bowsite. That guys name was Hoot. Could it be him? I messaged him and asked for his phone number because I had some questions. We talked and my curiosity grew.
I made an appointment at the local shop to order a new Hoyt which I did about every year. I showed up and chuck was busy with a lady and her son so I looked over the used bows. There was a Recurve there and I grabbed some arrows and shot it. It felt good and I hit close to what I wanted. I bought that bow and told chuck to put the new Hoyt on hold.
I spent the summer shooting that bow and never got another compound. I sold the 3 I had along with the press and other gadgets. That was 20 years ago. Since then I have killed around 50 Deer, countless squirrels, a few rabbits, and a couple possums and coons. I have learned to become more self sufficient by building and making everything but the bows. I have not went there yet.
We’ll see what it’s like on the dark side.
