You pretty much defined my attitude toward bow hunting also 'though I translated it to traditional archery, a 53 lb recurve which at my draw length goes about 55 lbs. With a 480-gr arrow, as I mentioned, and at 190+fps the game is simplicity itself to 20 yds, almost to 25 yds and very doable to 30 yds.
No pins, cables, extraneous noises, or even range finders. There's no doubt the present day compounds are pretty nifty machines and can be shot accurately much quicker, much further, with the same investment of time than any recurve. If shooting a recurve is like throwing a baseball, shooting a compound is like a pitching machine hurling the same baseball.
While I admire the shots a finely tuned compound with a practiced archer can make, I also admire the simplicity, the geometry, and the warmth of a beautiful recurve. Speed ain't everything.
