I would first ask yourself which of these two uses is more important. The hunting would be number one for me, but it is also from my perspective the case that it is the far easier stisfied of the two. When I started serious archery in the late 70s, the majority of short bows were 48 inches, the 44inch Brownings were considered crazy. Now we have " gotta have" short bows in the low thirties. Some day the bows will look like slingshots, and guys will still be wanting a 12.5" bow rather than a 13" one. Personaly I have hunted enough with 60" recurves and 72" longbows, that anything shorter than that seems nice but hardly necesary. A a 36-40" bow doesn' t seem all that long. I shoot the Conquest, and find it an amazing 3d bow. I would gladly hunt with it too, though I have an old feathermax for that.

Short bows aren' t necesarily a handicap, some male shooters, and a lot of top female shooters do well with them. All I' m getting at is that if hunting is all you really care about and 3D is just prep, buy with that in mind. If 3D is where you would like to see some improvement, then move up tot he real 3D bows in their line.