ORIGINAL: Big Duane
No, not at all. Why, is that the reason you used one for 13 years?
Becuase I didn't want to spend the time and committment on using a trad bow. I didn't want to use a bow that ws maybe 25-30 yard 10" groups when I could get 40-50 yard 3" groups. I didn't want to practice year round. I wanted a bow that was easy, accurate and a compound is made for just that.
Yous use a compound because its easier ? No. Less accurate ? No. harder ? No. More challenging ? No.
You use a compound because of the same reasons we all do/did. If I'm wrong, tell me how
You are very wrong 
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I use a compound because it was my introduction to bowhunting, 14 months now. I am mostly self taught although I did attend a two day class given Len of Macrotech. I have come a long way, I think, in 14 months. I can tune a bow, arrows and an arrow to a bow or vice versa. I can build an arrow to suit a bow and draw weight while taking into consideration the total arrow weight and the FOC. And so on.
I started bowhunting because I wanted to shoot arrows instead of guns and I am damn good with a gun. It seemed to fit in with what I wanted to get out of hunting now, for many different reasons and none of them were length of season, accuracy, etc.
I am in this forum because, while I love to tinker and compounds are great for that, I want to simplify my hunting, my bowhunting, further. BY simplify I do NOT mean make it easier, I mean remove all of the "extras". I am sure you know what I mean
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The first arrow I ever shot was so
quiet compared to shooting a gun. I knew then I had made the correct move
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