Yeah, but you are comparing over-the-counter to custom, and bargain basement compounds. Compare the cheapest compound (with the cheapest acessories)to the cheapest trad bow , you can still get out for less with trad.

Then you compare some of the most expensive customtrad bows to over the counter compounds--you go custom with a compound, you are going to spend more again. I have no idea what, if any, you gain with a custom compound, but cosmetics are the biggest difference in the most expensive trad bow compared to the better, more modestly priced ones.

I'll bet you a cold drink, right here on a public forum, that if you let me pick the shots--you with the compound of your choice, me with my longbow--I'll out-shoot/out scoreyou. I'm no professional or expert by any stretch either. Wanna bet?

Obviously the catch is letting me pick the shots. Trad bows do have their advantages. 'Course a 12 year old that has a little experience could probably out-shoot me in the wide open at known yardages, but that's the advantage of compounds. I already know I will win the bet, because I've done it before--so you can't say you weren't warned!

Chad