well I have only been hunting for 4 years now, and my first bow was a Buckmasters BTR bought from the local Walmart...I shot my first deer with it last year, it does not fit me though so today I bought a '08 Bear Showdown and am hopefully going to have it by this weekend to take out in the woods. For sure can not buy a new bow every year so I got what I hope will be a bow to last me through the years.