RE: First Bow, Your thoughts please...
Take their advice. I just purchased my first bow from Cabela's...Browning Tornado F5. And although I was pleased with it when I got it, I quickly realized that I had absolutely NO idea what I was looking at. I then took my rig (it's a beginner, so I don't even know if I can officially call it a rig) to my only local bow shop and had the guys properly set it, tune it and teach me. Hindsight - I should have gone there to begin with, but I was anxious to get a bow and start shooting in the back yard.
Go to the pro shop...either Cabels's or a local one...but go and get fitted...and educated.
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