RE: compound or recurve
I use compound. I've got my Bowtech Liberty as my hunting bow, my Martin Scepter III as my target bow, and a Jennings Micron and PSE Spyder as small game bows. I just started shooting the PSE barebow from the influence of my friend on Archerytalk.com (Great site for any questions you have regarding archery, btw) and really like it. I'm thinking about getting a longbow or light recurve to use for small game and stump shooting.
Timba