If you’re here, it’s because you believe something most people don’t: How you hunt matters. Not just the result - the process. This community is for traditional bowhunters who value: - Ethics over shortcuts - Discipline over gear - Process over outcome - Tradition as something you live, not just talk about You don’t have to prove anything here. You just have to respect the craft. My name is Jenn Richardson, my husband, Grant Richardson and I created this group, TradBowhunter - Ethical Predator. This is a passion piece for Grant and I...My hubby, the subject matter expert with Traditional Bowhunting as well as an author, podcast host and 3rd generation traditional bowhunter. We wanted to bring like minded people together and create a place to share their experiences with traditional bowhunting. 🧭 HOW THIS COMMUNITY WORKS (IMPORTANT) There are two valid paths here - both are respected. 🟢 Free Members Some bowhunters: - Learn quietly - Practice when they can - Improve steadily over time That path is welcome here. 🔥 Premium Members (Optional) Others want: - Structure - A repeatable shot process - Coaching instead of guessing Premium exists for clarity and progression, not status. 👉 You never need Premium to belong. It's about timing - not commitment. 🚦 DO THIS FIRST (2 MINUTES) 1️⃣ Introduce Yourself (Do This Now) Create a post and answer one or two of these: - Where are you shooting from? - How long have you been shooting traditional? - What’s the ONE thing you want to improve right now? Short posts are perfect. 2️⃣ Start in the Classroom Go to the Classroom and begin with: 👉 Start Here This will save you months of trial and error. 3️⃣ Engage Once This Week You don’t need to post every day. Just: - Comment on one post - Ask one question - Share one small win

Have you had your first traditional bowhunt? Please put in the survey below if you have had your first traditional bowhunt and if you have put your first traditional bowhunt... Please share in the comments below about your first time in the woods with your traditional bow and how it felt! 👉 If you have not had your first hunt with a tradbow, comment below what is holding you back? This will help all our new people out there!...Please share!

Do you have your own Traditional Workbench area where you build arrows or hang your bow? Let’s share a photo or video in the comments below! I am sure we will get ideas on how we can make our own shop or workbench or TradBowhunting space even better!

Last night marked a milestone for TradBowhunter - Ethical Predator. This was our very first community GIVEAWAY, and it unlocked because we hit our goal of 45 supporters together.That matters. 🔥 And the winner is…👉 @Colton Deline - congratulations! (and yes, Colton we will want a photo of you posted in the Community holding the quiver!) Thank you to everyone who entered - whether you entered for free or chose to support the community. This was truly a community effort. 📣 About our giveaways going forward We plan to run a giveaway every month. So if you didn’t win this time - all good. You’ll have another chance next month. Down the road, we may decide that you need to be on the live call to claim the giveaway… but that’s a conversation for another day. For now, we’re focused on building something meaningful together. 🧱 SUPPORT WEEK RESULTS & WHY THIS MATTERS Head over to the Classroom → Support Wall to see: - The full Support Week results - The updated Wall of Support - The members who are showing up consistently, month after month Consistency matters.These members have shown up repeatedly, not for attention - but because they believe in what we’re building. 🛡 The Wall of Support - What it Represents The Wall of Support recognizes members who choose to support TradBowhunter - Ethical Predator beyond participation. No dollar amounts are ever shown, and recognition is always optional.This wall exists simply to say thank you to those who help keep this community independent, ad-free, and rooted in ethical traditional bowhunting. Whether you support financially, through knowledge, or by helping others live The Code, your presence here matters. Support Streaks (from the Classroom)

Hey everyone, I’ve been slowly working through my collection of older prose-style & narrative poems—most centred around life in the outdoors and the ethical questions that naturally come with that. These pieces often explore the tension between taking and honouring, and the lessons learned from being close to wild places. Recently, I wrote a newer piece (earlier this year) that’s pretty personal—most of them are in their own way—but this one feels especially tied to my life and raising my young children in the hunting community. It speaks more directly to some of the issues we see in modern hunting culture: how quickly ethics can get lost when ego, tech, or detachment enter the picture. It’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot, and this poem tries to put some of that into words. I’ll share below—hoping you ethical predators out there enjoy it, and can maybe even relate in some way. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 —𝑨 𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚’𝒔 𝑱𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝑻𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑬𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑯𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝑳𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒄𝒚 I see it now, too clearly to pretend otherwise. The way the world presses in—through screens, through stories, through voices that echo around my children louder than my own. It's not just the noise, it’s the boasting. The friends who come over in lifted trucks, caked in mud and pride, talking about kills like conquests, like trophies won from a battlefield. They slap backs and share photos—grins stretched wide beside bloodied animals; guns held high like flags of victory. And my boys listen. They lean in. I see the way their eyes spark—not with reverence, but with hunger. For the shot. For the kill. For the story they’ll get to tell after. They ask how soon they can shoot; how big the rack must be before it’s “worth it.” They talk about deer like targets, not lives. They talk about rifles and gear, not patience or thanks. They want it all now—the buck, the moment, the glory. And the friends feed it. They mean no harm, maybe. But they have forgotten something sacred. Or maybe they never knew it at all.