Spend your first $20 on a book called "Shooting the Stickbow". Read it, do what the author suggests and you will be shooting a trad bow better than you ever imagined. As for the bow, something with an ILF Riser makes a lot of sense. Being able to buy and plug in different weight limbs is a very efficient and inexpensive (depending on the limbs) way to go. Lancaster archery has pages of ILF risers and limbs. Make sure you don't start out too heavy ~30# is a great place to be. Work up slowly and only when you can handle the weight. One final thing, the more you shoot your recurves like you shoot your compounds the more accurate you will be. Stand up straight, hold, aim, release, follow through. Trad is a lot of fun, it will test your patience but shooting consistently with accuracy is rewarding.
