I am with VC on this one... Buy the best that you can afford... You can get a $200 bow and go out and kill deer... but if you are going to truly be confident, shoot and hunt alot.. You should go get the best that you can... No sense spending $300 this year and then Spending $600 next year for something top quality... If you buy the more expensive bow, then you can upgrade the components as you go... I bought the mathews Legacy, and as I go I will upgrade the sight, rest, ect. But I don't have to replace the bow. that is the most expensive part... That's just my 2 cents, but I hate junk... Especially in the woods... I don't get to go as much as I would like. So I want my time in there to be the best it can be.... Good Luck