Originally Posted by
bigcountry
You know after I got used to shooting trad, it actually hurts to pull some modern compounds back. Its just different. If you look at the force curve on a compound, you are holding a lot of wieght in the biginning to middle. Where trad it doesn't kick in until the end of the draw and if your doing it right at that point, its all on your back.
Definatly different.
My best friend bought a 70 pound recurve a few years back, and he has only used it once on a pheasant hunt as far as I know. I might try winging a few shafts with it next time I'm at his place, to see how it feels
