Great point of view Art!!!

I don't have a lot to add but this.

If you want slightly more of a challenge from a:

-gun, go to a crossbow
-crossbow, go to a compound rigged out
-rigged out compound, to shooting fingers and go with no sights
-compound shooting fingers and no sights, go to traditional archery
-traditional archery, maybe spears or something, I don't know

I would also add that my plan with my son was to persuade him to shoot traditional until the summer before he is able to big game hunt (another 3 years. I figured that if his accuracy was not good enough then, we would switch him to compound and I'm sure he would have more then enough time to become accurate. However, his progress has been very good and he is now shooting (age 11) a 40 pound Howard Hill longbow, which is legal poundage for deer in my state. Last night he shot a three inch group at ten yards (we took a picture, but I forgot to bring the camera with me). FWIW, we also switched him to lefty only three months ago. His 40 pound bow is only a month old and is twice as heavy as his self bow. So, I'm really scratching my head and saying why bother with the compound.

BTW, it's kind of nice to hear from some trad guys on this thread!