Here is a pic of my son when he was eight shooting a fiberglass longbow, below that is a picture of him at age 10 shooting a full size recurve, below that is a picture from a few months ago with his Howard Hill Longbow. He can start big game hunting in three years, and I guess if we are not satisfied with his shooting the summer before he hunts we will move him to a compound. Doubt if that will happen though.