No problem answering your question on a forum! There' s only entire books written on this subject...Shouldn' t take me more than a few weeks to get finished typing....

Step 1. Forget the techie business. With a compound, the bow tells you how it is to be held, how far it' s to be drawn, how it' s to be aimed and how it is going to be released. In a way, the equipment lays out the entire process for you, and you have to follow it' s lead right down the line. The whole thing is very restrictive and mechanical.

The recurve or longbow is highly adaptable and can be shot in many different ways. You' re an artist with a stickbow, not an engineer. Once you learn that the only tuning you have to do with a stickbow is nock point, brace height and arrow spine, then you' ve got the technical part of traditional pretty well mastered. Find a consistent anchor point that puts the nock of the arrow under your shootin' eye, point the fist of your bow hand at the target and you' ve got the basics of aiming down too.

Grab the string either split finger or 3-under, anchor with your index finger or middle finger, it doesn' t matter. Many will suggest one method, many others will recommend another, and still others would say something else. I' d recommend middle finger anchor and split finger. But do what feels right to you.

Step 2. Take your bow, arrows, and some judo points, go out in the woods and shoot at anything (legal, of course) that looks like a worthy target. Vary the distances you shoot, but keep ' em within 10 yards or so at first, and start shooting further as you get the hang of it. Soda/beer cans are my favorite targets of opportunity and I carry a sack so I can pack them out when I claim my kills. Just shoot and have fun. You' ll be ready to pop squirrels in the eye in no time.