Compound or recurve crossbow?
#5
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: southwestern va
Posts: 753

I have an Excalibur exomag which is a recurve. Good bow, accurate and hits hard. It's a little big so I guess it depends on how and where your are hunting. Honestly in the better known brands I really don't think you can go wrong between the two. I guess the main thing would be on an extended trip I could pack an extra string and that's really all that can go wrong with my bow, where a compound has more parts so more could fail.
#9

I have a Tenpoint recurve and like the idea of less parts and working on it myself. Compounds are definitely more compact, but many have limits on how long they can be drawn, as low as 4 hours on some types.