Hey all. I have been a compound shooter since I started hunting in the mid 80' s. About six years ago I started messing around with my buddy' s recurve because the idea of carrying a lightweight, uncomplicated bow without sights appealed very much to me. I read Asbell' s book on instinctive shooting from cover to cover. I totally immersed myself in it to be honest. I shot my friends bow for a couple months and was progressing to the point where I was convinced it was time for a bow of my own. So I wandered down to the Screaming Eagle store and shot just about every bow they had on the shelf. When it was all said and done I ended up with a Great Plains Wolf Creek recurve at 54 pounds with a 28" draw. I practiced faithfully for the next seven months and about the best I could do was hit a paper plate at 15 yards with darn near every shot. Darn near are the key words though. Not too good in my opinion. Well, hunting season was approaching fast and since I was not accurate enough with the recurve it was back to the compound. To make a long story short, that was the last time I picked up that recurve. No matter how hard I tried I just couldn' t get the hang of shooting instinctively using the method as described by Fred. It never became automatic for me like it apparently does for others. So give me a reason to give it another try. What do you think? The bow is beautiful and the simplicity of the whole instinctive shooting concept still fascinates me. I' m sure the bow is not the problem...It' s the crappy archer behind it.