I am new to the trad thing. Shot a 75# compund with 15% let off for twenty years. I shot it finger and no sights so the transition has not been that bad. That said, even thoug I was holding arond 60# on the compound the 55# recurve seems to work the muscles in a different way. I can feel it in my back and neck if I shoot too many arrows. It has become increasingly easy to hold back long enough anchor and focus on the target before my release. over the last couple of weeks. It certainly takes me less time to loose and arrow than my compound shooting buds. I would not try to draw when a deer was behind something and wait until it walked out and into a shooting lane like compund shooters are advised to do.