I like compound bows too. I tried out a crossbow once (ONCE... ONE TIME ONLY...) and did not like it. It was at the Sportsman's Show here in Richmond last August. They had a full lineup of Horton and Parker and some other types of crossbows. Curiously, I went in and checked one out. Bizarre looking thing.... It was a Horton model complete with a tiny scope on it. I picked it up and shouldered it, and that too was weird. The stock of it and trigger was like it was made for an 8 year old boy. It was that small of reach for me. That thing that made me immediately put it down after I shot it, was the overall feel. A crossbow is FRONT HEAVY!!! [:'(] It will try to tip downwards on you if you don't hold it up with some effort.

I would really like to see what a recurve bow or even an old long bow would be like shooting, but would be scared to death of losing an arrow into parts unknown.