Welcome, Mayot!

This board and the whole "Hunting.net" site is awesome! There are countless people on here with decades of experience who are friendly, knowledgeable, and overall great people.

I started out roughly 4 years ago myself. I have a buddy who has an old Browning bow, and I got my start by learning the basics from him.

Bows can be WICKEDLY EXPENSIVE from a newcomers standpoint. There are bows out there that are $500 - $600 bucks easily!

First thing you have to do before you even think of doing anything else, is get yourself measured at a pro shop. You have to know your draw length so you can get a bow with that size. A pro shop will know instantly in 0.2 seconds that you are a newcomer and want to look at a few bows. They will help you out and check your draw length for you (free). I remember when I did it. I went to a local sporting goods store and asked about it. The guy had a long bow with a big wooden dowl permanently attached to the bow string. It had 1/2" markings all the way down it too. He told me to pull it back (he helped me with my form at the same time) and hold it steady. I was an exact 30" draw length.

Anyway, I saw the prices of new bows and listened to countless sales pitches. I mulled it all over and then checked Ebay. I found an old PSE bow on Ebay for only $70 bucks versus paying hundreds and hundreds of bucks for one. Long story short, I got the bow, had it properly setup for me (at another sporting goods store), and hooked up with a few other guys that I know and away I went.

I have not scored a nice buck (yet), but, have seen bucks and does up close and personal in the beds of pickups and it doesn't bother me, neither would the blood, guts, and gore of field dressing.

Good luck to you and again WELCOME ABOARD!!!!!!

Butch A.