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[Pilgrim]

Hello Everyone,

I am new on the forum. I teach outdoor education/recreation at Southeast Missiouri State University. Esquire got me onto this site. I taught him how to shoot the compound bow and now he is trying to get me to go to trad. I started with trad as a kid with an old Bearcat takedown. I shot at many a deer with that bow and have many frond memories. I guess I am just a creature of habit now with my compound. But trad seems like fun. Thanks,

The Pilgrim

[Holmes]

You've found a great place to pursue your traditional aspirations. :cheers:

-Holmes

[thisbucks4u]

Welcome to the site. Make yourself at home. :)

[James Wrenn]

Welcome. Give this stuff a try and I think you will have a good time.Most of them seem to know what they are doing and the rest of us just wing it. :)

[Papabull]

There is something about the timeless elegance, simplicity, reliability and effectiveness of the recurve and longbow that really grows on you. There is a lot of diversity in equipment, techniques, history, etc., and it's something that can easily keep one interested and learning new things for a lifetime. Welcome aboard!

:cheers:

[mjhall]

You aren't the only newbie here. I've learned a lot from these guys. It's like trying to drink from a firehose at times, but I'm trying to keep up. It's not easy, but its more fun.

[Cato]

Welcome aboard Pilgrim. You are in good company with Esquire.

One of the neat things about traditional archery is that you do not have to be great to enjoy it. And most people can become quiet good, if they decide to put in the effort.

If you decide its not for you, you might try the compound without sights. It can also be lots of fun.

Come hang out a while with us.

Cato

[Esquire]

I know who you are! You're the same durn Pilgrim I've been smelling for 3 days and hearing for 5!!

Glad you finally made it here, Dr. Pilgrim. Gents I grew up with this yahoo and he and his are salt of the earth. He is a traditional archer trapped inside of a compound shooter. It is up to us to liberate him!!

Someone ask him about the first time he broke a guys kneecap over a simple game!

Tom, you've come far, Pilgrim. :)

Mike

[Stick'em]

Go away wheelie boy!! :mad:

Just kidding.......welcome! :cheers: Great group here ad lots of good info!

[Pinelander]

Hmmm... sounds like Pilgrim has found a new home where the GRIZZ ain't scarce... we cook a mean rabbit from time to time too.

Enjoy the site Pilgrim, many interesting variations in the game of archery. ;)

[easternhunter]

yOU'LL GO FAR PILGRIM!!!!JUST KEEP YER EAR TO THE GROUND, AN' WATCH YER TOPKNOT!
WELCOME..LOL(I LOVE TALKIN' LIKE THAT!)

[Esquire]

Hey guys, Pilgrim is a great guy. He's got tons to offer. He's forgot more about wilderness survival and extreme camping than many a guy will ever learn. He's killed a bunch of deer with bow and everyone who knows him considers him a friend.

He hit Kentucky out of Oregon when we were both kids in seventh grade, talking about steelheads, flyfishing, reloading and bowhunting. Stuff I'd never heard of. Thanks to Pilgrim I begged my parents to let me get my first bow (an old indian compound) and they finally did. We flung many a thousand cedar shaft at everything you can imagine. We caught fish and drank brews and made igloos together. We have shared more than one campfire. Including both of our bachelor parties, (which of course involved fishing camping trips, and no girls allowed. The way it orta be. :) )

From here on out I will be giving him a hard time, but just for the record I had to say a few good words about a good friend of many years.

BTW, he really did break a guy's kneecap over a simple game. Ask him about it. :)

[the other DWS]

Welcome to the other lunetic fringe of traditional archery. Just keep your shields up and your sense of humor on at all times. Lots of interesting stuff here and some of it is even pretty valuable :highfive:

[Pinelander]

OK... I'm not bashful.

So, Pilgrim - what was that simple game and what led to this knee cap-breaking escapade? This oughta be good... :p

[Cueball]

Pilgrim, welcome to our little corner of cyber. There is always something to be said about the company a man keeps. If your a friend of Esquire than your good in my book. I have found him to be a great guy with similar thoughts on this ole world.





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[swampy]

Welcome aboard !! :cheers:

[Esquire]

Pilgrim's been teaching and meeting deadlines all day. I told him he gets one crack at the story and if I don't like his version I'll embellish it for him!

[rallen]

Pilgrim,

Welcome! I've not been on here for a few nights and just saw your thread!

First of all, you've got good taste in friends. Esquire is a class act guy! He introduced me to this web site as well, and I've already learned a lot from him and many of these other guys. I invited Esquire to a 3D shoot here in KY a few weeks back and we had the privilege of meeting each other face to face for the first time.

As for the compound bow, just throw it away! :jk: I, like you, have used a compound for quite a while. Just a few months ago I bought a custom longbow (with reflex/deflex) and started shooting "Traditional". Honestly, I haven't picked up my compound for two months ( I shoot almost every day!) I just recently got a recurve and that has helped my trad shooting even more. I have to agree with Papa Bull in that there is something about the simplicity and elegance of a tradtional bow. That's what got me into archery in the first place. Haven't hunted with a gun since! I doubt that I be ready to hunt with the longbow or recurve by next deer season, but who knows? All I know is that, for me archery has come alive again!

As a "rookie" at trad shooting, I'll echo the advice from many here.If you decide to get a longbow or a recurve, Go LIGHT! I shoot about 65-70# on my compound. I am so glad that I only have 45# on both of my bows! I think that had I gone with heavier bows my shooting form would not have developed as quickly as it has.

Whatever you decide to do, enjoy it! Hope you enjoy this site and the company of all who "dwell" here (I think Esquire lives here!). May God bless you in every aspect of your life,

Richard Allen

[Pilgrim]

I just got back on here and still don't have tons of time. Here is the story:

Esquire and I grew up playing soccer together. We played since we were both little shavers. We even started the frist soccer team at our high school. Well we were in the middle of a fierce game and I went for the ball as another player from the other team did. Sadly I ended up breaking this kids leg. It was not good and something I am not too proud of but it was an accident. Needless to say other players backed down after that. But not Esquire, all he wanted was more. I just told him that he better mind his manners unless he wanted to be in the back of that ambulance with the other kid.

Its fun being in this group. I am sure that I will have much more to say. I will be at a conference this weekend and may not get back with you untill next week. I am in the middle of building a recurve bow that I got as a kit from Bingum Archery I believe. I am way behind on it because I have had troubles finishing the riser and limbs. I will send pictures next week If I can. Thanks again guys and watch the top knot,

The Pilgrim

[Esquire]

Dang it, you took all the fun out of my embellishing it by admitting that you weren't proud of it!

Last year I called Tom and he had just come off of a camping trip with some students on a frozen Minnesota lake where he slept cozy on top of his bag in a homemade igloo while the wind howled across the lake at 20 or 30 below.

Best part of it is - the good professor got paid for this little class exercise!

Pilgrim, any questions you have about that riser and those laminates, someone here has answers. If you pilgrimage down here to KY, I have access to all of Dan's forms and equipment.

[DAS]

Welcome Pilgrim!
What part of Oregon are you from? I live near Bend. We should meet in the watering hole and talk backpacking. It's warming up and I'm getting the itch!

[van_fl]

Welcome Pilgrim!
From a transplanted Oregonian. I have an itch also, but think its red bugs. Starting to get hot here early.