im prepared..i live to hunt and fish and heard how addicting and exciting bow hunting is and i love being close to game and i think i will like it very much...thing is i dont think i can goto a proshop and test bows..ive never shot a bow except a little wannabe compound bow before i was old enough to use a real one made for kids..my dad quit just when we were going to get me a real compound with sights and all...i would proball miss the target and look real dumb...or are they prepared for people like me?? and i did include the target and arrows in my budget and would like it all to stay around 500...i gota save for a truck to take me hunting in the fall and car insurance and all that fun stuff..i figured i can spend that and still save enough to get a good down payment for my truck...and im prepared to spend every minute everyday i can shooting my bow...believe me i love to shoot and loved shooting bows with my dad when i was young..i love the outdoors..and i will be dedicated to this new type of hunting and shooting just like all others...i cant stand seeing nice bucks in fall turkey season which is during bow season within bow range and having a shotgun in my hands..come rifle season they are nowhere to be found..thats my main motivation is so i can score on nice bucks...my dad gave up on me first he tried telling me not to..now he gave in and isnt telling me what to do..hes been treating me more like an adult lately..today he told me if im going to bowhunt hed perfer me be in a ladder stand because he doesnt like climbers but i will show him the one i want and tell him if he carrys my ladder stand 2 miles back in the woods and 2 miles out every day for me i will use it if not i have to get a climber..and i have tons of areas i will hunt..i cant just tie down my only stand..the one i want is safe and looks safe and he will see things my way when i shed some light on it..back in his day climbers were probally very unsafe and thats why he thinks that way..thanx for your help...