..Regrettably, both compound and traditional bows place a great deal of demand on the joints and muscles of the upper body. As I have accumulated years past 50, I've found that my elbows and shoulders are less tolerant of the draw weight and release shock of both bow styles..
Me too, my shoulder and upper arm muscles are not what they were, so I could never draw a hunting bow.
Crossbows would seem a good alternative provide they can be cocked with a windlass system as I could never do it manually by brute force.
An interesting sequence from the 'Survivors 1975' TV series:-
Dear old Hubert the shepherd may be getting on a bit, but with a crossbow in his hands he's not to be sniffed at.
Thinking he's harmless, the petty tyrant Brod forgets to watch his back, so Hubert lets him have it.
Brod took it sportingly though, "I always knew you'd make a good hunter Hubert" were among his dying words..
PS- for the interest of survivalists let me say that Brod ran a small primarily meat-eating post-Apocalypse group where skill with bows and crossbows was highly prized; They lived in railway carriages in a siding out in the country, and took Hubert and a few of his chums prisoner.
So I suppose Hubert was morally entitled to kill Brod in cold blood like that. (a man's gotta do...)
Incidentally the bolt wasn't barbed but still did its deadly work, maybe it severed Brods spinal cord or something..