My first bow was a green plastic recurve. It was given to me by my older brother who had one it as a prize for selling magazines. My parents used to buy me one arrow at a time from a local department store because they thought I would would be dangerous with more than that. My first bow that was an effective in the woods was a Darton Excel. My wife gave it to me as a wedding present. I used that for 9 years. This year, I bought a Buckmaster PWC from the local archery store on clearance. Now I plan to use the good old Darton for bowfishing.