@osage123: I was in the same place 2 years ago!! I was a decade long compound shooter with excellent groups out to 40yds however I could never connect on an animal bigger than a raccoon. I bought a Samick Sage 50lb and started practicing. The first season I connected on a fat doe and got my first archery kill
My advice: learn about arrow tuning, bareshaft and paper. If your arrows don't fly right for your bow they will never group (I ended up using XX75 2216s with 200gr points cut 29"). Also, buy G. Fred Asbell's book about instinctive archery and the DVD and study them. After that it is just practice in the back yard.
Also, Do not expect to get the groups with your recurve like your compound. It is about hitting a deer, not a target. Focus on 1 arrow at a time not the group. I would shoot 1 arrow before work every morning; it was high stakes and I had to do it cold like on a deer, no second chances.