i might be hunting with a Fred Bear Bruin from back in the day....im going to be mad if i have to.....dad said i cant buy a bow with my loan money from school....its been left over from last semester and they gave me more this semester.....and will give me more ever semester...its money to live on....all my bills are gas, insurance, phone bill, and minor food.....he says i dont buy a bow with it...i work and buy a bow.....no problem ill work all summer....but wont beable to buy a bow till LATE summer!!!!! UGH!!!! parents just dont understand...im going to try to tell him ill resave the money...and he KNOWS i will do it....im the only 18yr old i know that bought and paid for 2 vehicles myself and pay all there own bills......and im the only one i know paying for my own schooling sadly to say....but worst comes to worst im sure that bear bruin will stick a deer!! throw on some sights...rest...stabalizer...quiver..new string and cables...target arrows and release and ill be set....hope it will take all the new stuff!! im not going to buy crap because ill put it on the new bow when i get it if i have to take that route.....MAN that thing is BIG....im sure its slower then molassas on a cold winter day too..........but im bow hunting next year dang it!