RE: Native Americans...
I started with a recurve, but never killed a deer with it, only shot at one that I can recall. I recently inherited a recurve, and am thinking about trying it. I've read some books by Tom Brown Jr, with in depth narrative about native traditions. Really had a profound influence on me. I still-hunt a lot, have taken a couple deer that way with bow, now I want to take it a step further, and try the trad bow.