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I've being doing archery for quite a number of years. I mainly shoot traditional English Longbow, along with Flatbow, i also have a modern recurve bow which i shoot as barebow (i.e without sights or stabilisers).

I know compound bows are the dominant form in the US, i'd be interested to know if any members on here do archery too?

Howdy Philip .... I used to do archery quite extensively. I have one English style long bow, a few recurves and one compound. Pretty much have given it all up, mostly due to problems with my hands, along with shoulder and eyesight issues. But I did love it for all the years that I participated. Had a few impromptu field archery courses set up in a clandestine fashion, out in the local National Forests. Myself and a couple of friends used to get together on occasion for some informal "Pick a Bush" matches that were a lot of fun as well. Back in the day, I was actually a pretty fair shot, both traditional and sighted.

Almost sad to be reminded.  ;c(

Nice to hear others have also enjoyed archery and have shot various bow types.
I've only tried a compound bow once and if i'm honest it didn't appeal to me.

Compound bows are rather like "contraptions" of some form, but they are amazingly capable, and having such a huge let-off from full draw weight is truly amazing from an engineering standpoint, as well as allowing a more comfortable hold for sighting in bows with powerfully heavy draws. I most prefer the elegance of a sweet recurve myself, though primitive archery also has an appeal to me, so my long bow helped almost fill that spot.