Thanks Utah and BG, for the helpful insight.
after reading a bunch at huntersfriend.com, I measured my armspan out to 75.5"....when calculated came out to a hair over 30". with that, and some basic deductions based on what I read, I was looking at their 'ready to hunt' bow packages, and thought that packages #3, 4, & 5 fell into my line of what I would be looking for.
http://www.huntersfriend.com/bowpkg2.htm
I don't think it's necessary for me to look beyond their standard bow packages, so I may hit my local gander mountain or sportsman's warehouse tomorrow and see what they have, talk to some people etc...of the packages at the url above, what do you think of those 3 packages? (both positive and negative comments welcome)
thanks again, I appreciate the help in getting this rookie up to speed on things