Last year was my first year hunting with a recurve. Met a fine man last summer who gave me a 53# Red Wing Hunter from the early 60s and a 70# Super Kodaik from '69 after he found out I was interested in traditional archery and refused to accept any payment. I hunted with both the RWH and my compound last year. I sold my compound two weeks ago. I noticed that I always had fun shooting the recurve while the compound was almost like a chore: Trying to keep everything tuned, focusing on peep/pin/target alignment, release getting in the way between shots, etc.
I haven't killed anything yet with the recurve, but so far I have no regrets.