Lot of good advice so far, now my 2 cents worth!

1. You do not need the fastest bow on the market, you do not need the most expensive, nor the cheapest. You need to get a good bow that fits YOU! Forget the name brand and the speed, you will always shoot a good bow that fits you better than the fastest most expensive bow that does not feel right!

2. Get your bow at a pro shop, you will pay a little more, but in the long run you will spend less, less time and frustration with a bow that may not fit you right, less time trying to tune a bow that you may have no idea how to tune. You will also spend less money on bells and whistles that either you do not need or may not function as advertised. Ask fellow archers in the area what bow shop they feel will work with you the best.

3. A pro shop will also get you set up with the right arrows and broadheads to match you and your bow.

4. Get your bow soon and practice, practice, practice. When you first start praticing, once your arms get tired, stop. You start to make mistakes when you practice for to long. You will find that the more you shoot the longer you will be able to practice without your muscles getting to tired.

5. Make sure you get as high a poundage bow as you can pull comfortably, the pro shop will help you with that. If they tell you that 50 pounds is the heaviest draw weight you can handle, do not buy any more than that.

6. Remember it is not the speed of the bow nor the draw weight that kills deer, it is shot placement! A well placed shot with a 40 lb bow will kill more deer than a soso shot with an 80 lb bow!

7. Once you have gotten your bow and you have been practicing a lot, you need to determine your Ethical maximum hunting range. The way to determine this is if you can put 6 out of 6 shots into a pie plate at 30 yards, you subtract 10 yards to allow for nerves and the fact that a deer moves and a target does not.

8. One more note on maximum range (I may catch some flak on this), do not take a shot over 30 yards unless the deer is still, not on alert, and it' s head is down.

9. Make sure you understand the kill zone on a deer, broadside, quartering to you, and quartering away.

There are a lot of knowledgeable folks here that will help you out, first thing is to get that bow and start practicing.