Quote Originally Posted by Fisherking View Post
I started out shooting longbow style. It takes some time to get the hang of the aim but it can be done.

They are not exactly high tech. Modern Compound bows may match their power, or come close but that is a whole other beast. It is like comparing sundials with digital clock-radios. They both have the same function but they reach it in totally different way.
A longbow is what you make when you don't have the technology to make a recurve bow, when you release a recurve the string accelerates, on a D bow it decelerates, so you get the same power for lower draw weight with a recurve. The main historical advantage of a longbow was every farmer and his sheep having one.