whats really trad

[newbie]

ok i was just wonting to no what is really trad
{would a PSE COYOTE be trad}
:lol: :lol: thankz

[Luke]

You could well say there are varying degrees of trad just as there are varying degrees of "non trad" or high tech.

Trad is ususally considered using a NON compound type bow. ie a recurve, longbow or selfbow.

The types of arrows seems to be mostly irrelevant in this equation.

We have a lot of dedicated trad bowhunters on TBGA some shoot carbon arrows with screw on b'heads from their bought recurve or longbow, others shoot self made timber shafts with tied on feathers (self cut) with napped stone heads from selfbows they've also made themselves and sporting a handmade gut flemish twist string?

Each to their own, but as I menationed...the simple definition of trad seems to be the choice to use a NON compound (mechanically advantaged bow).

I'm sure others have opinions similar to mine and yet others again will have very different thoughts on the matter...

Hope that helps some mate ;)

Luke :D

[adam]

I tend to agree with what luke has said, theres also primative.

but I won't go there, as I never been there.

Adam

[hawkeye]

yep trad to me is just using any bow other than a compound - ie a 'stick' piece of wood.

after that forget it... :roll:

the car that drove ya to your hunting grounds, the camo clothing you are wearing etc - all that modern techno stuff wasn't possessed by either Atilla the Hun or Crazy Horse of the Sioux was it.

hurray for the carbon arrow etc!

you are still instinctively shooting just like Robin Hood!!!

that's my thoughts anyway (ya did ask). :D :wink:

[Glenn]

As has been said there degrees of Traditional and Primitive, there are some real pains in the arses that don't even class a recurve as a trad bow but have no problem shooting their glass laminated longbow. It's unfortunate that all of these terms have surfaced in recent times, they are mainly for competitions, I can't see any other use for them.
On of the silly classifications for a trad bow I have seen is that the bow should only have one string, the Penobscot bow which is around 1,500 years old has three strings. Just shoot what you like, I would class the Coyote as a traditional bow...Glenn...