I've enjoyed reading everyones opinion here. A couple of weeks ago I bought my oldest son his first (real) bow. He's only shooting 23 lbs and he knows he can't hunt until we are at least 30 lbs and consistant (it'll be squirrel and rabbit practice this year). I took both my boys out yesterday to do some scouting and they had a blast. Fortunately, we saw some does so that made the trip worthwhile for them. We shot some and I even showed them how to group'em at 30 yds.