Welcome 'home' Tony! <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>!

My first suggestion DONT DO IT <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>....take up a less exspensive sport where you wont be dreaming, thinking, planning, or doing it 24-7 <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>!

All joking aside, I would have to agree with what ALL the others have said. I would go with a used bow imo. Cheap doesnt mean lack of quality and exspensive doesnt mean quality either! I agree more with Dick. Shoot as MANY bows as you can get your hands on. Find a good mid run line bow, there are many many out there, fine one used (again shoot it first if you can), then run with it! Buying exspensive right off the bat isnt a bad idea either like Stealthy has said. Then again who is going to pay 500 bucks for a newused bow when that same person can pay the 580 it costs new (hypothetically speaking), when they can get there own names on there, the weight exactly the way they want it, with the woods exactly the way they want it? just my .02......have fun and good luck!