I will go more trad this year. I got the feral hog last year, now its time for a deer. I hunted with the trad gear probably 10% of the time last season. I intend to make it 50% this coming season. I have been practicing with it quite often. I find it to be very relaxing, much more so than shooting the Diamond. I have also made a breakthrough of sorts recently. I'm not sure what happened, something just clicked. I am shooting the recurve a lot better lately. From different distances, from tree stands, sitting, kneeling, I am all of a sudden,( after shooting it for 2 years!),much more confident and accurate. I will kill a deer with it this year. And I'm taking it to New Mexico in April for a turkey hunt. I plan to tag one bird with the Diamond out of a pop-up and then try a trad bird.