Out west while hunting at 7500 feet elevation in open granite peak country, it is not very common to get a shot off at 20 yards. This is a place where recurves and bows without 3rd axis adjustment don't belong.
I gotta call you out on that'n, MilDot... People were successfully hunting areas like that for thousands of years before compounds and 3rd axis adjustments were ever even dreamed of. Longbows and recurves are still being used successfully in that country. Even on theopen tundra in Alaska.
People who are skilled in woodsmanship, who maybe don't mind belly crawling a hundred yards to get into range,are obviously quite capable of closing to within much closer than40 yards. People who are less skilled or less motivated... they probably have to take long shots.
Don't go saying there are places in thewildwhere traditional equipment doesn't belong, because there is no such place.