Sota, I think the OP was talking about bowhunting. Crossbows aint that. One would have to leave the sport of bowhunting (or never take it up) to be a crossbower. Those folks are a different breed just like anybody that does not hunt with a human powered weapon.
someof your points are true but I'm sure you're in a closed circle or maybe I am living in the northeast. We don't keep score at baseball, people unqualified get jobs n people who can't find deer, sharpen heads etc do. Now truth is the reason I say your circle may be closed is your marketing to diy people
We market to bowhunters who by their very nature are DIY types and the best folks on the face of the earth. You are correct in that we dont get to the east coast so I cant speak to the self reliance of those folks but we see sales from every state (including eastern states) and many countries from bowhunters that retain skill sets of bohunters. People are always looking for more efficient ways to do things. This is not a new concept for bowhunters.
Got an idea. Why don't you innovative outdoorsman post the way you'd like about the type heads people are using, the type knives, how they sharpen them, etc etc. You might be shocked. Every other post is about sharpening w electricity, buying knives w disposable blades, same for broadheads. See what happens in a national forum? Maybe I'm assuming something incorrect. I don't think so though. And again no dis to anyones ways
i was saying ask guys how they sharpen knoves or broadheads Id think it's more electric or disposable than workin a stone. Ask if they can read a map/compass? Ask how they find deer? Id bet my initial post is correct but would be thrilled if I was wrong. The old school ways are leaving us. God bless you if you found the clientele to operate a business from diy guys. Pretty refreshing if it's true. Post some old school stuff you sell. My post was about woodsmanship n the rewards of earning something such as a sharp knife through some work, confidence you can get out of the woods If your batteries in gps die, being able to find deer if they don't hit a corn pile. The things we can teach kids about hard work n sometimes failing. That makes us keep on keeping on, the reward than is sweeter. Myself I mentor many youth/newbies. Obviously I set them up to succeed but be it bowhunting deer where I explain why I believe they were traveling in an area, why turkeys respond to certain calls n what I was trying to express to the tom on the ground or maybe why we're setting our baits so low ice fishing perch. It's all in the knowledge that you learn to repeat. These things will never be forgotten. Teach a kid to hunt, fish, trap is more important than just setting em up. We'll not be around forever. Who's gonna show my daughters or their kids if I, we dont. Who or how would a lesson about 4 years of college n still failing to get a job be taught? Maybe that doe she missed at 11 helped her understand we don't get everything we want. Year later she got a buck. What if she hadn't had those experiences? The woods can be great life teaching sessions n doing it old school imo is the way to go.
I like technology and woodsmanship. You're allowed to have both. There's a whole resurgence of traditional bowhunting, so don't tell me the old school is dying off. Everything in life has it's ebbs and flows.
Correct. My dad is all DIY trad. He even makes his own broadheads and bows. there are guys that use compounds like me and then there are guy that want to pretend they are bowhunters but use a crossbow so it takes all kinds to make the world go round. Velcro or laces, belts or suspenders, sharpen your own or buy replaceables. Just have fun.
I consider myself old school. I still scout with topo maps and a compass. Don't use trail cameras or ozonics. I simply can't afford all that high tech crap. I don't hold it against anybody that does, if you can afford it, go for it. I always enjoy looking at my buddies trail cam pics. My oldest daughter is four and I have been taking her with me in the evenings to glass deer. She looks forward to it when I get off work to go out and use "Daddy's telescope" to watch deer. I don,t think there's anything wrong with how the newer generation is taking on the sport of bowhunting. It's just a matter of the changing times, as long as conservation is still being practiced and the next generation is being prepared for like we have for our next generation, I'm happy with that.
whats worse are these tv personalities - how about the blonde chick who has the husband with the weasley voice? Every stand they put her she shoots a 190" buck, imagine if she had to do all the leg work? She would be shooting gophers in her back yard if she didn't have all the help.
I laugh when a female hunter does yet another endorsement for a scent control product while wearing make up on the stand.
