In my best Tarzan voice while pounding my chest Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh eeeeeeeeee ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh eeeeeeeeeeeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Some would have you believe the compound is sinful and somehow illegal and makes you less a man if you use it. Well, having started with recurves and having killed a bunch of deer with a recurve and then switching to a compound, I assure you it's not so. It's simply another tool to use to enjoy the hunt. The compound does make for a lot more dead animals that's for sure. But, it's not because it's a slam dunk. You still have to scout, practice and hunt. One thing it does do is probably make for a lot more humane kills and gets a lot more people in the woods than would otherwise be there. It allows kids, women all sorts of people the opportunity to enjoy the hunt with the expectations they truly can kill something. That's why we hunt. Yes the recurve/long bow is more of a challenge. It also gives you lots more room to fail and tire of a sport if you don't have the guts or time to practice and drive on. I started with recurves when there wasn't anyone else in the woods. I suspect if there weren't compounds there wouldn't be many in the woodstoday, well I guarantee there wouldn't be as many as there are. I will also guarantee without the compound bowhunters and companies that make them, the anti's would probably have done away with bowhunting all together. We'd also be overrun with deer in the burbs more than we are. So yes one is more of a challenge. People shouldn't make it as a challenge to have you "CHOOSE SIDES", but they continue to do so. Well, I have a recurve too.I had the urge to go back to it againafter a couple decades of compounds, not as a replacement but another toy to play with. I can shoot it, but not nearly as well as my compound. I really haven't practiced enough since buying it to become that skilled, at least not to the standards I've set for myself as far s accuracy. If they took away my compound tomorrow I'd have no problem with it, other than I'd see it as the beginning of the end for bowhunting. It's not about choosing sides, it's about enjoy the sport as best you can with the limited time and other responsibilities you may have. If you have the time and are not in a hurry to become the great white hunter, I think the recurve or long bow is the best way to get the FEEL of archery. There is nothing much more pure than wrapping a tab with 3 fingers around a string and pulling it back. You have to learn the very basics to be even half good, like follow through, anchor etc. With a compound a lot of That FEEL is lost, but you can still have a heck of a lot of fun. Once you have that FEEL from a recurve you can shoot any bow the same way in a hurry if need be. So the decision is yours. Either will do the trick. You should have fun with either. It's suppose to be fun. If you choose the recurve just put some realistic limitations on yourself. When I started with a recurve I shot every day. I started in Feb and shot a deer in Nov with my self imposed limitations. Mine was 15 yards. The next year it was 20 and so on. Never did I get passed 30 yards with a recurve. Oh I could have probably killed something out there, but not with any degree of certaintee. It would have been luck
P.S. The early years of Davidmil[8D][8D][8D]
