RE: Buying my first bow. Ideas?
Take your time and try them all. Many bows will not reveal their best (and worst qualities) until you shoot them a little bit. And try to find (I know this is difficult) bows to test that are the same draw weight. A lot of shops that offer bows to demo will turn the limbs down to the lowest setting - knowing that customers will think "Wow, that pulls really smooth for a 70 lb bow". Not knowing that they were really only pulling 58 lbs.