Well, lets make a long story short, I shot a half-rack buck when I was 16 with my bow. After that season, I just ran out of time to bow hunt with sports,college work etc. Speed forward to 2008. I am 34 and told myself I would make time to bowhunt this year. Still used the same bow and arrows from nearly 20 years ago, (I did have it restrung and serviced and such). Spent the late part of August and most of September flinging all 3 of my Aluminum GameGetter arrows as often as I could. Felt comfortable shooting 25 yards in. Well guess who tagged a 120 class 10pt on his second day in the stand!!!!

Needless to say, I am hooked and will no longer have to make time to go bowhuning from here on out. Problem is time has passed my equipment by. Sure it ultimately helped my harvest a deer, but my Martin Lynx Magnum is pretty dated. I spent a little on it this year to get me started and see if I was really into bowhunting as much as I was gun hunting and turkey hunting. I am ready to make the step into the 21st century and get me some modern equipment. Money is not really a barrier, but I am not looking for top of the line equipment either, just a quality hunting bow.

Now since it has been 20 years since I was involved with bows, there has been massive devlopments in technology and terms that I need help with. My Lynx was one of the shortes bows on the market 20 years ago with an ATA length of 40 inches. Can you even get a compound with that length anymore. What are pros and cons to short vs longe ATAs. What is brace height and the pros and cons to different brace heights. Arrow selection might require another thread.

Basically, if you were gonna look for a bow regardless of name, what features and characteristics would you be looking for and why??

Thanks in advance