I hunted with a compound years ago, and have hunted with a recurve or longbow for the past 18 or so. Mostly the long bow. I may pick up the old compound again as it does take a lot of practice to achieve consistent accuracy and I find less time to do so.

Get G Fred Asbell's Instinctive shooting if you go that route.

There were times when the quick draw, anchor and release would have been nice when I was hunting with the compound. There have been times when a shorter bow would have been nice when hunting traditional. Traditional bows are much more enjoyable to shoot for me, and most definitely nicer to pack around, but there is a certain degree of accuracy I have to meet before I'll head up the hill. Give them a try. Spend a lot of time in the woods stump shooting and decide in the fall which bow to carry.