No, the hard part is which foot to lead with when ducking through cover, so you don't hang up your arrows in your back quiver. I made the change and found that my draw length and form had to be slightly adjusted, I am not quite the same right to left. A moderately light recurve will do the trick for a start and still kill your deer. Your joints will do some settling in at first, so be kind to yourself for a while and stay with something that is easy for you right out of the box. There are no deer in Iowa that a 45 pound recurve shooting a 1916 will not kill cleanly, I am not sure about Michigan.