OK fellow outdoor dawgs, in a further effort to make hunting even harder on myself than it has to be, I am considering taking up traditional archery. My initial research has me leaning to a recurve vs longbow, and I would like to hear any experience/advice from you here.

My dad has a 35# 1967 recurve that I will use to begin practice with, in hopes of purchasing a hunting rig at 50ish lbs later this summer.

Anyone shoot traditional archer here, and if so, what has your experience been?