Well as the title says I have never had any luck hunting with a recurve. I've used a longbow for years and have never had a problem filling the freezer. Now for three years I've only used a recurve and have missed more times than I care to remember and this year started off the same. I missed two doe's, three bucks all within twenty yards. Wednesday morning twenty yards a perfect hit and she walked away as if nothing happened. I was ready to turn my recurve into fire wood. No luck in finding my arrow or sign that she was hit. I know I saw that arrow hit. I went to where I last saw her and just on the other side of a log there she was. She went 162 field dressed by the butcher shop scales. I was so excited to finaly close the deal I didn't even get a picture.