Trad Archery Popularity

[Arizona_archer73]

Trad bow target shooting, I have no idea.

Trad bow hunting my gut says it is decreasing.

I can only base this on the amount of hunting videos for trad bow I can find on YouTube. (I hunt with a recurve.) There's not even 1/100th as many of those as there are with compound bows.

 

[270-300]

Trad bow target shooting, I have no idea.

Trad bow hunting my gut says it is decreasing.

I can only base this on the amount of hunting videos for trad bow I can find on YouTube. (I hunt with a recurve.) There's not even 1/100th as many of those as there are with compound bows.

Less than 1 percent of people who hunt are making youtube videos.

 

[Beendare]

Less than 1 percent of people who hunt are making youtube videos.

Thankfully...

There are a few good ones but most are clueless as to the use of a camera or how to tell a story with video. It really makes you appreciate guys like Remy Martin

 

[Arizona_archer73]

Less than 1 percent of people who hunt are making youtube videos.

Probably true. Whatever the percentage of hunters who make videos is, there's a ton more GoPro and professional videos with compound bowhunters than traditional bowhunters.

 

[ozyclint]

Probably true. Whatever the percentage of hunters who make videos is, there's a ton more GoPro and professional videos with compound bowhunters than traditional bowhunters.

Which leads to my point. Some start out youtubing trad hunts then find they can't keep up regular kill content that it demands.

 

[270-300]

Probably true. Whatever the percentage of hunters who make videos is, there's a ton more GoPro and professional videos with compound bowhunters than traditional bowhunters.

I think youll find most people who hunt with a non compound bow just want to be left alone and enjoy the peace and quiet of the woods. Not be youtube stars.

 

[ozyclint]

I think youll find most people who hunt with a non compound bow just want to be left alone and enjoy the peace and quiet of the woods. Not be youtube stars.

Amen

 

[Wilderlife]

Yeh. The assumption that people "can't keep up" with creating content may be right in some circumstances, but certainly not the majority. If people want to make videos, that's fine, but it would be wrong to assume that people bounce back and forwards between trad and other methods because of the demands of content creation.

I'm only saying that as someone who dabbles in YouTube videos. I make videos based on what I am enjoying at the time, and don't do it based on any assumed obligations to people who may follow, or any community and their un-written guidelines.

 

[Arizona_archer73]

Yeh. The assumption that people "can't keep up" with creating content may be right in some circumstances, but certainly not the majority. If people want to make videos, that's fine, but it would be wrong to assume that people bounce back and forwards between trad and other methods because of the demands of content creation.

I'm only saying that as someone who dabbles in YouTube videos. I make videos based on what I am enjoying at the time, and don't do it based on any assumed obligations to people who may follow, or any community and their un-written guidelines.

I agree with you.

I simply like to share videos with friends and family. (YouTube videos of various hobbies; mountain biking, etc ..) Since I got into hunting a few years ago, I take some vids here and there.

I have a GoPro video of me shooting a cow elk with my recurve bow last October. I haven't gotten around to posting it to YouTube yet. I'd have recorded the shot with a GoPro if I was hunting a compound bow, just the same.

I thought about reaching out to Bear Archery (maker of my two bows) to see if they'd give me a discount on another bow if they use the video for advertising. It was a nice shot, done in Fred Bear style (quick draw and aim, instinctive style). But that's a hope. Who knows if they'd do it. Lol

 

[Wilderlife]

I think the content creation world is an interesting one now as it's enormous. Lots of people are doing a good job with it and others are looking like they are trying too hard or going too far. I have a hard time being critical of people who are having a crack as they're just trying to be involved with the industry. Sometimes they're after a lot and sometimes they're not. Either way, if we're talking about an overall rise in popularity with traditional bowhunting, I'm not sure that it's accurate to say some people have a crack and then find it hard so they go and find something else to do.

It's like Aron Snyder used to say when people accused him of going to trad because of money or popularity or exposure - there is far less money, interest, and internet cred, in being a 'trad' bowhunter and putting yourself out there on the internet.

Having said that, there are some people doing consistent stuff - The Push, Clay Hayes, Jason Samko - who have great stuff, and are definitely helping trad grow.