I too grew up with recurves and hunted til I was about 25 or so with nothing else.
I had an accident dislocating my Elbow which reduced my ability to shoot my bow. It was suggested that I switch to a compound to reduce the stress to my right elbow/joint. I bought a Martin Warthog and thought I had died and gone to archery heaven. However it soon began taking it's toll on my stretched and screwed up joint.
I again gave up on archery until I met the guys from Mathews in Africa. When the hunt was over one of the guys about my size left me his legacy. It was the first experience I had with a trigger release. I've been shooting this ever since.
Now I long for an easy to draw bow like my oneida osprey. Probably not gonna find one with that exact draw curve but I'm gonna see what's out there.
I hope you can shoot and enjoy archery for a long time.
