Very, VERY addictive! It can be tough to hunt with trad equipment, but there's also advantages over compounds. One big thing--could call it an advantage, or disadvantage, depending on your POV--if something goes wrong, 99 times out of a hundred you have to blame it on yourself. One of the main reasons I swapped over from compounds was I had trouble with something always getting loose, bumped, moved, bent, broken, etc.

Chad