Would you give up archery season if compounds were thrown out of general archery season ? I'd hazard a guess that 50% or more of compounders WOULD stop archery hunting if their only choice were to shoot recurves/longbows.
The answer to your question is ABSOLUTELY NOT. If tomorrow compounds were outlawed, I'd grab my recurve (which I do anyway) and never miss a beat. I'd practice a bit more to stretch my effective range past 20 yards, perhaps out to 25 or so.. but I wouldn't for a second give up archery season.
I think you are way off on the 50% of us archers stopping hunting with bows if compounds were illegal like crossbows. In fact, I would think that figure may be closer to 10% to 15%. Time afield is the draw .. not the compound itself. I would bet that 10 to 15% would be back as well .. as soon as they could afford to buy new gear. Since you think 50% or more of archers only hunt during archey season because they can use compounds shows how out of touch you are with the archery community. The bow is the weapon ... it's the hunt that drives almost all of us to the woods.