Lots of good advice above. Hope I can add to it for you. I shoot and ground hunt with a 54# longbow exclusively. My last kill was at less than 18 paces. The arrow completely penetrated through the 163# hog and buried the Zwickey broadhead half it's length in an oak tree. I regularly practice (stump shoot) out to 80 and even 100 paces and wouldn't think of trying to shoot an animal at that distance. The reason isn't my lack of ability, but rather the fact that at that distance, even a relaxed animal can take several steps before your arrow gets to it. Which can mean, if you're lucky, a missed shot, but there is always the chance that you could hit the critter in the paunch (belly), in which case it can take hours for the animal to die and the chance of losing it are pretty good.
I agree that if it's lack of maintenance you're looking for, you'll need to go with the more traditional style bows like the recurve and longbow. However, durable they are not, if abused. They work just fine wet and will last for many, many years and will give excellent service. However, you do need to take care of them. An example of how long a curve or longbow will last is, I sold my oldest bow, a Black Widow recurve made in 1967 and it was still shooting as strong and accurate, some 35 years later, as the day that I bought it.
It will take you considerably longer to learn to shoot a traditional style bow than it would a compound and the compound is more difficult to master than is a crossbow.