I have the boy in my US History class that loves hunting, but he's not your average kid...he is extremely smart and will discuss and debate the latest in politics with the class and has a very strong opinion. We were talking after class today and we talked about hunting of course...so I asked him what kind of bow he used....I said "what you have a Mathews or Bowtech?" He said "oh you mean compound??"!!!!! I said " what you use a X bow?? he said" naw, I shoot a recurve dude.." I began to to talk more seriously at this point and he talked me under the table about traditional equipment and why he uses it and what I can do to get started!!! A 17 yr old kid was in my classroom guiding me throught all this Trad jargan!!!! To top it all off.....he has killed at least 2 deer with it and one was a great 7 pt!!! Holy crap!! I have found a kid I want to adopt!!!!