today, it would be a compound, though I haven't shot them much the last 1.5yrs. I would like to answer this with a trad bow, but a compound is a weapon I can fill the freezer with reliably.... if my life depended on it, I would take the compound, they are awesome hunting weapons.
there will be a day a recurve is as reliable as a compound for killing critters, maybe this year on, but time will be the only judge of that.
thank goodness we don't have to choose, I like hunting with a rifle too, and a scatter gun, but I wouldn't give up archery elk season to rifle hunt everything.
I pretty much just like hunting, the weapon used doesn't matter much to me, as long as the hunt is still challenging. killing a mature blacktail with a rifle consistently isn't a "gimme" it's still a fun challenging hunt... spring bear, I love glassing a ton of country watching the spring woods that are always alive.... with a bow, it's a different type of hunt.... still fun, but it's a lot different strategy if you want to kill a bear, and you won't get to see all of the things you do glassing. I think my favorite part of spring bear hunting is the sights I see, it's less of a killing a bear hunt, and more of watching the awesome scenes that spring gives, but with a purpose.
calling lions, I want a rifle... the time and effort it takes to call one in makes it the most challenging tag to fill on purpose in this state.... i don't need to add another level of difficulty, it's way hard enough.... I like it all!
