RE: your first bow
If my memory serves me correctly, my first bow was a 1983 PSE Mach II. I killed my first 4" spike and doe with that old sledge hammer.
It was my father's then my brothers then finally to me. I think my fater said he shot 8 times at his first doe with that thing, before the doe
just surrendered dead. It sounded like two 2x4 slappin together when I shot it!