Personally I can't stand the short a-a bows, I consider ANYTHING under 37ish short. I shoot a 38 and its the shortest I have ever owned. I have shot a bunch of shorter ones, they just don't feel stable to me.

If you are stand hunting the difference is meaningless, I can see stalking and shooting while sitting on the ground it might come into play.

Brace height? Nowadays, nothing under 7 inches.

Cam style, your call. I have owned both single and double, currently shooting a single just cause I wanted to try it, wouldn't bother me at all to get another solo, or a twin. I would however seriously look at the hybrid cams like Cam-1/2 and the CPS from Darton.

Like was said, shoot as many bows as you can get your hands on, long, short, all cam styles, see what you like. I have eliminated many bows just by taking one shot.

--Bob