Ok, you're not going to believe me but it's really for a guy I know who wants to try archery. Since he's only interested in bowhunting I always recommend a compound and sights to get started. I've found that getting to killing accuracy is faster, easier and requires less time on the shooters part. Once they get a deer under their belt I offer them the availability of trad gear if that's the way they want to go. To me it's not the bow but what you want out of the hunt. I've been using recurves and longbows before the compound was thought of and I never found it any harder to kill a deer with my stuff than with the wheels but not everbody is cut out of the same cloth.