Be turning 27 here this Jan 23. I started shooting a compound at 14, took to a recurve the next summer and by that hunting season rolled around it was the only bow I owned. A Martin hunter I paid a whopping 190 bucks for NEW! Hard to imagine in that short of time they have almost doubled in price. I have since been becoming a history nut. Trying to dig up old magazines/books/periodicals/photographs on the sport of bowhunting/archery seems to consume most of my time and almost all of my extra cash! Got some great photo's that need a frame job that for now will stay put away till that day comes. The wife picked me up a rare find here for xmas, Arab Archery almost half of what I have seen a good copy go for. Btw if any of you have anything of interest let me know! I am always looking for more! Two reasons I guess it has hit me, one why make the mistakes they made? There has been many "changes" and yet very little is new and there is tons of info on what they have done out there if you dig hard enough in the right places. Second its just a plain ole good read! Interesting to see how the archery and bowhunting worlds came to be what they are today!

One tip I guess I have is perfecting your practice and your equipment as it relates to your accuracy, and then adhering to that "max effective range" you have limited yourself too. There is no excuse for the reputation stickbow shooters seem to have amongst many different groups! Many of whom enter the woods every year wounding and loosing game and have track records that make many sick. Sure there it's supposed to be fun, but dont loose the grasp of what you are trying to do with your choosen equipment. Kill an animal as quickly and humanly as possible PERIOD! Even those who just enjoy the woods and the time spent there, are at one point or another, going to find themselves inthe situation of "the moment of truth". Do it right when that moment presents itself and its all that more sweeter!