d from phx, not to pick on you, my friend, but you made a statement that reflects a lot of the thinking of people in "traditional" archery today,"It has made it easier for me." Where does that thinking stop? Compounds came along and became popular because they are "easier." If easier is what we want and buy, then that will be what's available--and I remember when you could hardly find a "real, honest-to-God" longbow. This year at Cloverdale there was not one bowyer there selling traditional, American style longbows, but there was a slew of hybrids. I guess because they're easier. Please, I hope you do not take offense at my comment because I certainly mean none and am not trying to single anybody out, just felt I wanted to raise a point that seems to be getting lost in "modern traditional" archery.