A friend of mine bought a couple of light-weight recurves at a flea market and brought them to the house. He had an uncle that had told him a little bit about shooting them, but neither of us really had a clue. All we knew was were were having a blast shooting them. Not long after that, I found a used Bear Tigercat recurve, then I was really hooked. Still didn't have a clue what I was doing, but I was determined to learn. Soon after that, I saw Byron Ferguson (well before his ESPN days---he performed at a local sportsman's bonanza), talked to him, bought his book, and found myself a longbow--been ruined ever since--I guess that was 12-15 years ago. Made every mistake in the book, most of them several times. Learned a lot when I got on the internet, learned more when I started going to tournaments and talking with folks that knew how to shoot and could show me. I'm still hooked on longbows.

Chad