Watch out these things are highly addictive! You will find yourself putting the compound down all together and just shooting the recurve. I probably carried my recurve into the woods 75% of the time and my compound 25%. And I think that margine next year is going to get larger. Just take your time and practice pcartice practice. Read all you can about form and aiming styles and tuning. And I'm sure you will be more than ready come next hunting season. Good luck.