Truth is I don't havea long bow or recurveor I'd be shooting it . Do you use a recurve because it is easier than a longbow?

I have found I need to shoot my compound every day if the weather permits (I can only shoot outside) so, trust me, no cobwebs to dust off.

The deer I killed this year, my first bow kill, was at 13 yds. I drew when he was at 14 yds as he passed behind a tree. I could have killed two others at 10 yds and 15 yds. I am already accurate at 50 yds but my hunting range is limited to 25 yds. If I wanted to shoot something at 30-40 yds I would just use my shotgun.

You make a lot of assumptions based on your reasons for compound bowhunting and assign them to all compound bowhunters. Fact is you don't know the answer, you just know your answers and think they are everyone's answers . If I were to do the same thing then I would assume that yes, while theremay bea desire for more challenge (you can do that just by imposing limitations on your current hunting methods) it is more a desire to achieve a different hunting aesthetic, to try and hunt in a way more in tune with the prey and the surrounding forest. But, based on what you have said, that isn't why you bowhunt, is it?

For me, I do not think the "end" of a hunt should be with a hugeexplosion and smoke with a shot at an animal that is far away. I want it to be more personal with less gadgets (why I am looking into recurves and longbows). If I wanted my hunting to be easy I would just stick with a gun. Why would I even pick up a bow to begin with?

If you need to boost your self-esteem by thinking thatthe manner in whichyou hunt is more difficult and therefore makes you a "better hunter" than others, that's fine. But to assume everyone else needs to be validated that way is a bit of a stretch. And to change the hunting seasons based on that is even more of a stretch. But it does make you an elitist LOL .