realize compounds are NOT bows, they're modern archery weapons - killing deer with compounds are vastly different than killing them with bows.
Give me a freaking break, by definition it is a bow like it or not. Go out and whittle one out of a stick elitist.
I know I know, that isn't a popular view, however, archery and bowhunting existed for thousands of years before wheels and pulleys and letoffs .... THAT was bowhunting and archery.
You know that it like me saying that if you are bowhunting deer in an area that has a very dense population where you have your pick of the animals you are not REALLY deer hunting. To be real deer hunting you need to hunt in Eastern CO (my home) where we are lucky to see a buck in 2-3 seasons let alone be in the right spot at the right time. "If it's not tough then you are not hunting". I really don't like this type of attitude and mentality. Compound bows are bow's and they are hunting. And another thing "thousands of years ago" they did not have near the amount of modern day restrictions that we do now. Try not and compare things that cannot be.