I just registered for this site and wanted to do so to post a reply to this message. I have been shooting a bow for almost 20 years now and have competed in 3-D competitions for all of those years. I am not sponsored but would love to be. When I go to the various shoots I look for the guys that have the logos on their shirts. I figure that if they got sponsored they must shoot well and those are the people I want to shoot with. If you continually shoot with average shooters you should expect to shoot average. If you shoot with the people who are at the top of their game it will help you improve yours. I get nervous whether I'm shooting with a sponsored shooter or just someone out to have fun, until I get into a conversation with them and break the ice. It's about having fun, and trying to improve your shooting abilities right? If I could shoot with the guys I have read about at 3-D times and such, I would jump at the chance, and I would soak up as much information as I could. They have to know something I don't, or I would be shooting as a Pro myself right. Isn't there a saying about soaring with eagles or turkeys? I want into the eagles group!