I love all kinds of archery. Selfbows, longbows, recurves, compounds and, yes, even crossbows. At least, primitive or midieval style crossbows. I shoot it all. However, I do have to admit that I've got a strong preference for longbows, even though I don't shoot nearly as well with them as I do recurves. And I honestly don't shoot recurves as well as I do compounds.

The one thing I hate though, is mechanical release aids. If I were to point at one piece of equipment that ruins the archery experience for me, that's it. I don't feel like I'm even part of the shooting process when my fingers aren't on the string. Sights are almost as bad. I haven't used sights on a hunting bow - traditional or compound - in over 20 years.

Even though there are several bows out there I'd like to have, I'll probably never buy another compound. They've priced me clean out of the market.