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Originally Posted by john70t
A recurve is more art and compounds are more science.
Personally- shooting a compound is like clamping a .270 on a holding stand, alining the sights for 100 yards, and pulling the trigger.
It's accurate, sure, but where's the sport.
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Yep, a compound bow, if the sights are accurate, is a very sterile instrument in my opinion. Pull, aim, release and the arrow goes where you were aiming (Sorta like a sniper rifle). The recurve forces you to learn instinctive shooting. When I started with my first bow, it was a Bear Black Bear compound bow, it had sights on it and I never learned how to set them up or use them so I just learned to shoot instinctively on it. I chose to go recurve this go around so that my wife and kids could learn instinctive shooting first and also learn to maintain their equipment a little easier without all of the gadgets that go along with the compound bows. These bows are also take down models which allows them to be broken down when not in use.