I hunted with my first bow for 14 years until I started noticing some delamination. The bow I bought to replace it is a used recurve, not sure how old it is but probably much older than 5 years. It will do for now but it's not exactly what I want. When I find the bow I really like and shoot well I'll hold onto it as long as it lasts. I'm a set it and forget it type person. Don't like tinkering with success.