sorry but im actually new to this site and I belive strong heartedly that trad is the only way to go its just been something I've been raised with although all the new bells whistles and toys are quite fun to play with nothing beats the pure joy of knowing you can draw and hold 60lbs of curved wood and string to launch a projectile at a target animal or otherwise
I'd say go for the recurve but if you could go for a long bow (sorry my personal biased)think about it but i have many compound friends and there nice guys (i guess lol)
chimo!