Brother it is called BOWHUNTING. I know this is the Traditional Forum, but I am of the opinion that any deer with any bow is a trophy , a stick and string or compound, it is something to be proud of. Keep practicing with your recurve, and take it in the woods with you. There will come a day when you are looking at a deer from your stand with your stick bow in hand, and it doesn't matter if you get a shot off or not. At that time , you will become a Traditional Bowhunter.
I still shoot my Bowtech General, but when I go in the woods stump shooting or hunting , I have my longbows and cedar arrows.