Are you really comparing a compound to a gun? Whats the letoff on a gun? How fps out of a 30 .06 or even a 12 gauge? Oh and what was the ATA on a 12 gauge browning BPS?
It would be kinda silly to compare a bow to a gun wouldn't it ?
Actually I shoot a compund because that's what my father introduced me to when I first started hunting, not because its easy. I will continue to shoot a compound because I believe using a recurve to hunt is an unnecessary risk to wounding an animal when the technology exists to make us more effective.
Uh, doesn't that mean EASIER ? Can you really shoot a recurve as good as you can a compound ? Do you really think thats true ?
And IF crossbows are BETTER than compounds ....... then thats is EXACTLY what you're wasking for, a more effective means to kill deer - right ?