I got my first bow in the late 90's, dont remembeer for sure what year. I started shooting 3D with the guy that I bought it from right away. Did that for a year, and then got out of it for a couple of years. Finally the bow hunting bug bit me, and did it ever bite hard! I have been an addict ever since. My first bow was an old Martin, and then after hunting with it for a couple of years, I got my first NEW bow. It was a PSE FireFlite. Killed a few deer with that, and then just last year I bought a new in the box 2004 Hoyt Vtec. (not sure if it was a 2004, but it was not a new model, but it had never been set up. I have not killed anything with it yet, but hopefully this year I change that. My Dad past away when I was 13, and I never had a father figure after that to teach me anything about hunting, so everything I have learned, has been either self taught, or learned from forums like this. I am 43 now, and I still have a lot to learn, but I still have a blast everytime I hit the woods.