How can you say the same thing about recurves? You say that because you can't shoot them or just because your a crossbow nut? You are earning your animal 100 times over compaired to a crossbow!This is a touchy subject with alot of people, me included! I don't beleive in them for many reasons! Here are a few-1. Your pulling a trigger mechanism just like a gun ( I'm not refering to anyone who shoots a release using a compound)2. You don't have to draw your bow 3.You don't have to hold your draw weight. This style of hunting is bad for bow hunting because people compare the 2 wayto much i think. If your not able to pull a bow back because of age or medical reason's, i think the next best thing is going gun hunting then. There isn't much difference between the 2anyways if you ask me. There's a few states out there who don't allow these things.