I was probably 9 or 10 when I first started shooting an old fiberglass recurve with wooden arrows. Then when I was able to pull back my step-dads wooden recurve I graduated to that. I got my first compound bow when I was 14 or 15 I think. It's so hard to remember the exact year. I just remember getting it for Christmas. I would say 1988 or 1989? Not totally sure.