Dang, bowbender...that last post kinda ruined my idea, as it's a legitimate point. (Honestly, it's pretty smart too.)

What I was GOING to say is that you go ahead and play along. Get your trad setup ready to go with a 3 BLADE head. (This is so that the many different feelings about 2-blade vs 3-blade don't come back to bite you.)

After some good friendships are made, bring the topic up again when there are some carcasses around. In a sense of fun and curiosity, throw the idea that you all compare your trad equipment with compound equipment at 25yards. Place a "fresh" broadhead target or sandbox behind the carcass and go at. I think we all agree that many/most will be suprised by the results.

Now, I know you've already got a compound system up and running but if the club works out for the long run look at the onieda bows. I've never handled one in real life. They may draw more like a wooden bow...I doubt it since they essentially use the same cams as normal compounds. Monster bows make something similar, but they're all shoot-thru cable designs and have extremely high let-off. Neither seem like a good option for traditional style shooting.

It pains me to say it, but a "modern" traditional bow with a metal riser and camo paint may go along way when dealing with public perception. (Like a Hoyt Dorado or Gamemaster and the PSE coyote, or a cheap "sleeper" bow I've heard about on another forum, the Quinn Stallion. The stallion isn't made in camo, but it's cheap enough that you could drop another $100 on a camo job and still be ahead of the game.)

There's my $0.02 of thinking out loud.