well, all of my moms side of the family hunts, but my dad and i seriously got into is about 2 years ago, solely with compound bow. the more and more i got into it, i liked the traditional aspect of it alot more than the compound- but im not going to longbow hunt for deer until i get one with a compound, im going on year three with no deer, one of the twists to bowhunting i guess haha. its good youre into it though, alot of forest preserves allow hunting, and you dont have to pay a cent to hunt there, its more of a draw out of a hat deal. i do small game with longbow though, thats a blast if you ask me haha- alot of farmers where i live will let you go for rabbit after deer season, and theres like no competion for small game like there is for deer, they'd be glad if anything -jimmy
