[rogbo]

Dam tooting they are. ...lol

got be braintanned hides, fur caps, and moccasins all da way. ..

Mac

If you're wearing these, it don't matter what you shoot. You're Trad. If you're not wearing them....then it doesn't matter what you shoot....you're not. Moral of the story is it just don't matter what you shoot.
:teeth:

 

[Str8 Shooter]

I really liked the Nexus but sold it because my Excel fit me better. That Nexus was a squirrel killer, though. I swear they came running in and sat there looking at the shiny red riser while I picked them off. True story.

Inquiring minds want to know if non-ILF carbon risers are trad?

 

[rogbo]

By the way, Jinks, the paint job on your new (old) riser is reminding me of the 1980s for some reason. Can't place my finger on it, but its got that 80s metal/ hard rock vibe going on......

Metallica's "Ride the Lightning" album cover....1984

 

[JINKSTER]

If you're wearing these, it don't matter what you shoot. You're Trad. If you're not wearing them....then it doesn't matter what you shoot....you're not. Moral of the story is it just don't matter what you shoot.
:teeth:

The way I heard it from a Professional "Traditional Archery" Coach is...

"At just about every Trad Shoot?...Ya gotchur Trad Archers and ya gotchur Role Players."

And as he explained?...I came to envision that...

One gets to go home with all the arrows they came there with and some nice awards an the other?...

needs more arrows, a tick check and a flea collar. :laugh:

 

[Raider2000]

Shows just how little you know about "trad" Mac...









Milkweed, flax, and rawhide are all more traditional than sinew strings:wink:

You forgot about using grass for the soles of their sandals, none of those covered things they call shoes or boots.
Only animal hide glue for everything, can't be trad if'n ya ain't Using horse glue.

 

[UrbanDeerSlayer]

Metallica's "Ride the Lightning" album cover....1984

That's it! My favorite Metallica album!

 

[UrbanDeerSlayer]

Urban, hate to burst your bubble but sights are also Trad. Been around for years. It is only the Neo-Trads that think they aren't Trad. For those of us who shot recurves with sights before Trad was even a word they certainly qualify. In fact I would go so far as to say thats lot of so called Trad shooters would improve their scores tremendously if they added a simple pin type sight to their bows. You can find a lot of old sights on that great Trad sight eBay.

Sarge, I did not say anything derogatory against sight shooters. All I said was if you can put em on target without a site using whatever stick and string you want, then you are doing well. No sights are used in any of the trad classes at an IBO shoot, for example. I am impressed with the high level non sight shooters that I have met at IBO and other shoots.. If you want to use a sight then by all means have at it. Besides this thread is just a big joke anyway, not intended to pick a fight.

 

[Old Sarge]

Sarge, I did not say anything derogatory against sight shooters. All I said was if you can put em on target without a site using whatever stick and string you want, then you are doing well. No sights are used in any of the trad classes at an IBO shoot, for example. I am impressed with the high level non sight shooters that I have met at IBO and other shoots.. If you want to use a sight then by all means have at it. Besides this thread is just a big joke anyway, not intended to pick a fight.

Not tryin to pick any fight...don't even use a sight myself. Used to back in the dark ages but not since about 1980. I'm a gapper and sometime stringwalker. Just wanted to point out that sights are indeed trad. Understand the post is all in fun.

 

[BarneySlayer]

Following on from Matt and Blacks deep and insightful debate topics I think we should debate this one. All these wannabes that turn up at Trad shoots with their fancy Eyetalian risers and French or Scottish limbs, are they ruining the true meaning of trad.

Yes, they are, because I don't have that... yet

Give me some time. I'll fix it!

 

[BarneySlayer]

Oh, so women can't be trad eh, now that's fighting talk

Oh, man Gary, Sandy's gonna school you...

When is her foot better?

 

[BarneySlayer]

So neither of these are trad????????????

No, you don't want it. Send me the one on the right

 

[dan in mi]

Are you sure you want the modern non-trad bow over the traditional non-trad bow? Those factory non-trad trad sights will get you black listed faster.

 

[Matt_Potter]

Oh, man Gary, Sandy's gonna school you...

When is her foot better?

It's better now she is going to shoot men's RU at trad worlds

 

[Greysides]

I don't wanna hear any "But it ain't Trad!" chit! :laugh:

Does it have to be TRAD? Can it not be just archery?

 

[JINKSTER]

Does it have to be TRAD? Can it not be just archery?

are you asking or debating?...cause at this point?...I would have the same question. :laugh:

 

[CFGuy]

Metal risers and ILF limbs are only trad if they are black colored, camo, or made custom. Anything else firmly puts you into the target shooter ranks.

TRAD:


Sooo not trad (not even close...)


Of course, if the second riser (Hoyt Nexus) had a cocobolo grip that might bump it into the quasi-trad classification... so many choices...

Brings me back to my rifle shooting days.

"It's only tactical if it's black or camo - manufacturer, design, use or function doesn't matter".

 

[Bigjono]

Does it have to be TRAD? Can it not be just archery?

Not for some

 

[WillAdams]

There's a fabulous Arab composite / horse bow --- which is a 2 piece take down w/ a metal handle perfectly threaded to fit together square --- not finding a copy on-line --- anyone else recall seeing this?

Obviously wheels / cams aren't, stabilizers are a bit much (though I wonder about those bows w/ integral quicksliver shock absorbers) --- I just wish that there would be sufficiently diverse categories so as to allow everyone to shoot.

 

[Bigjono]

I think it doesn't matter if your bow is wood, metal, compound or xbow, if you have any kind of animal fur on your person or are wearing a brimmed felt hat, you are trad.

 

[MGF]

I dont care what you call it or what you shoot, if you can shoot em well without a sight on the bow you're doing alright.

By the way, Jinks, the paint job on your new (old) riser is reminding me of the 1980s for some reason. Can't place my finger on it, but its got that 80s metal/ hard rock vibe going on......

It's more disco than hard rock. LOL