This is the thing a long bow will out last any compound because the year after you get a new compound it is considered old and you have to get a new bow that shoots even faster and ways 50lbs after you get all the stuff put on it.

A long bow takes alot of work to get good but thats all it takes, not a new site or arrow rest just hard work to get that thing shooting good. Compounds are more acurate and easyer to learn to shoot acurtly but that to me is less rewarding.

I enjoy the simplicity of a long bow and my god are they light.