My father got me started fishing and hunting and taught me the basics.... I had a good two good friends growing up that I spent almost all summer with when I was about 13 and 14... They had bow's so when I turned 15 and got my first "real paycheck" I went to a pawn shop and bought an old PSE... It had a huge overdraw on it and I shot those tiny Beman carbon arrows... Kinda taught myself since then, learning everything I could from all different types of sources.