I almost forgot to mention, try to match your draw length to your bow length. The shorter the bow, the more string pinch which causes bad releases and blood blisters If your draw length is 28 inches, a 58 or 60 inch recurve bow is about right, 29 inch draw length - 60 or 62 inch bow, 30 inch draw length - 62 or 64 inch, 31 or over - 64 or more. You will find that if you draw 30 inches with a compound, you will draw about 29 with traditional bows. With a compound at 75% let off, you are holding 15 pounds on a 60 pound bow. With a 60 pound traditional bow, you are holding 62 1/2 pounds at 29 inches. Also, the shorter the bow, the more they stack as draw length increases past 28 inches. Stack is caused by the angle of the string to the limb. This is how a recurve or short reflex-deflex long bow gets around stack compared to a short straight limbed long bow.