My Mom has bowhunted for about 30 years and started with a recurve. She has taken many deer and a few decent bucks. She killed one of the top typical archery bucks for a MI woman in 2000...second pic. She's 53 now with a bum shoulder. She has a crossbow permit due to her shoulder, but instead she sees a physical therapist to keep her shoulder strong enough to pull her compound back. Yeah, I'm pretty proud of her.