Heck yeah...Like Oldtimr said us old fogies used recurves and long bows because that's all there was. I have to laugh when I hear these bow manufacturers boast of 300+ fps! Heck back in our day if your recurve cast an arrow 180 fps that was fast...LOL
And we killed our share of deer and other game too. And for the average Joe, 25 yards was a loooong shot.