Bowhunting in itself is challenging, thats why I do it. I have a different point of view though of which bow to start out with and part of my view has to do with learning many if not all aspects of shooting a bow. I believe any new archer should start out with traditional equipment.

As for statements made that picking up a compound bow and being accurate within minutes is possible, that doesn't qualify anyone to be a good bowhunter. Being consistently accurate is more important and no matter what weapon is used, hunting skills are also important

Arthur, I generally agree with you but can't agree that using traditional equipment is what bowhunting was meant to be. Looking at things that way we could say the same about many things. We could all be riding horses too if the combustible engine was never invented. I bet you do drive a truck. I will agree that overall, using traditional equipment is harder in taking big game with on a consistent basis and that using traditional equipment is very romantic and historic.