But found that shooting that much to stay sharp gave my shoulder and elbow fits.
Compound bows can cause bad habits.
Trying to pull a traditional bow using the same techniques can be less than satisfactory.
If shoulders and elbows are hurting with recurves and longbows, it usually means the wrong body parts are being used.
The power supply should come mainly from the back muscles on either side of the spine.
Like trying to crush an egg with the shoulder blades.
Due to the design of compounds, they let you get away doing things that are disagreeable for traditional bows.
Especially the length of time allowed for aiming.
Trying to hold traditional bows like a compound bow to line up the shot will fatigue and possibly damage joints.
As will the angle of the arm to the chest.
Because the compound has so little resistance at full draw, extending the shoulder joint to gain more draw length isn't nearly as stressful as with a recurve.
The secret to getting full draw with traditional bows is using the back muscles, and stretching the chest by taking a deep breath.
And not taking too much time to release the arrow.
Works good for a compound draw, too, come to think.