RE: Little Help on a new bow
There is a lot of info on here on pretty much the same thing you're asking.
A few of the big things:
If you are coming from compound shooting, expect to loose about 1 1/2 inches of draw. Since you mentioned deer hunting, check your local minimum draw poundage and go with about that for your first bow at your draw (in general 40-45 pounds). In general,a recurve maybe easier to learn on then a longbow or selfbow. Try to get to a bigger shoot and try a few used bows out. If you can not do that go to a reputableon-line classified site (or used bow site). More then likely, you may want something different after a year or so. A used bow should not loose too much value.
Get a few videos to begin with. My favorites are by Byron Ferguson, John Schulz, and Paul Brunner.