I was given a recurve when I was a kid. That thing was a blast. I've bow hunted off and on for years. I didn't bow hunt in Alaska because I typically hunted solo and there's things there that will eat you so, I gun hunted there. Here in Oregon, it's a month long elk bow season, hiking and biking only, and it's a blast. The gun seasons are 4 to 6 days and there are literally 1000 idots running the roads with guns outta around 1500 tag holders for our area. No way I'm doing that.