I love my selfbows, (wooden traditional bows as you say), but not sure I would start out on one.

They can be finicky, and everyone of them have thier own personality. Almost like dating a bunch of different ladies, you got to treat each one different. And much care must be given.

I am not a fan of any of the bears recurves. Some love em. I myself would start with bear longbow. They can be had for under 150 on bay. Martin stick is also a good starter bow.

Longbows, IMO, can be much easier to learn on IMO.