And don't forget that you'll need to practise...... A LOT!!! before you ever think about going to full draw on an animal.
You'll need to know 100% and more importantly have absolute 100% confidedence that you will not only hit what you're aiming at, but you'll also hit it WHERE you want. Its about a clean kill.
Clean, fast kill for a number of reasons:
1. its ethical and as humane as possible
2. its esaier to track with a well placed shot because they'll leave a massive blood trail and only move off a very short distance.
3. less adrenaline in the animals system means the meat will be nicer.
I practice out to maybe 50m or so, but never shoot that distance when actually hunting..... the variables increase as the range does. Usually out to 40m on an animal is safe for me.... and in NZ bush you'll be lucky to shoot that far anyway.
So yeah, like Blue Arrow says, compound is easier to get going, has more punch and accuacy at range (i reckon). It does take a bit of tuning but once set up you can nail tight groups out to a good distance. Look at a good brand 2nd hand, then get good arrow set to your draw length.... 60# is plenty good enough to bowl over deer and goats.
I learnt on recurve at the local club, was really good to get the correct form without tweaking shoulders etc.
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