I’ll let sleek answer your question Robert but as for the regular bow trade I participated in last few and they were run by kidder. Not sure if they are a thing or not still. I myself enjoyed them even though there were some hiccups as was always the case I think. As for me I would be willing to participate in another if started up again. The last one I recall was 2024-2025.
Honestly, I really like this trade more than the other. I think this junior trade represents the spirit of this community and advances its cause more so than a trade among the more advanced members. Its why ive decided to participate in the junior trades only when I join into a trade.
Originally, there was but ONE trade and it was run annually, and the rules varied depending on who stepped up to run the trade. But the spirit of that trade was always welcoming to anyone of any skill level. The True Spirit of the trade was about how good a bow YOU could turn out and send as a gift to someone else. However, it seemed every so often someone would get butt hurt that they got a bow they felt was beneath them. I helped run the trade now and again, and one individual TWO YEARS RUNNING claimed they received a broken bow and demanded immediate replacement. In both situations he claimed 1) he'd thrown it away, or 2) had already fixed it, but still demanded another bow. Far as I am concerned I'd never do a trade with him again, I'd ban him from all future trades, and3) nominate him to be added to Mullet's Dirty Secret Black Book (a place no one wants to be).
A vast majority of the people in the trades understood the mission and it was a source of many fantastic threads posting pics and videos of the bows being taken out to the range or hunting, etc. But some people felt intimidated and felt more comfortable doing a "junior" bow trade in order to take the pressure off. And that's perfectly cool.
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