I'll second what Frank said about the cams. I own a CPS cam darton, it's what I learned to shoot on. I also own an older martin target bow with daul speed cams and a low let off. When I went looking for a new bow I shot a few, all kinds. Looked real hard a hoyt with the cam and half system. In the end I bought a bowtech mighty might. Why, because I liked it better. I like the way single cams draw if set at the right poundage and the right draw length. I like that quick build up and severe drop at the end. Don't ask me why, I just do. My martin has like 60 or 65 percent let off and dual cams. I HATE it, can't stand the big ole grip either. Sure looks cool hanging on my wall though. Any wants to take it off my hands, 100 bucks and it's yours.

In my above post I didn't mean to imply none of the bow specs are important or tuning just doesn't matter. To the average archer they are important, just not worth obsessing about at times. And to a pro target archer it may make the difference between cutting the line and not cutting the line. So it could get you points and be worth it. Certainly a well tuned bow with the right characteristics is more forgiving. That doesn't really mean accurate though. I still stand by my statement, you give a poorly tuned bow to a good pro and it will still shoot good. People have won tournaments this way. How the bow "feels" doesn't effect anything, the arrow is gone already. With proper shot execution it doesn't matter. It's mostly a mental thing, like shooting a high powered rifle. First shot may be great, but the next may not. The gun isn't any less accurate, you were just anticipating the recoil and messed up the shot. Not the equipments fault is it.

My point is if most people would spend half the time they spent worrying and trying to get thier bow tuned "perfect", and concentrated on practice and a better shot sequence they would shoot better. Myself included. There is a guy locally than runs a shop. He holds a few titles and was on the olympic archery team at one point. He can shoot better at 100 yards then I can at 20. Is it because he obsesses about tuning, or because he shoots a better bow? No, it's because he is a better archer then I am, pure and simple. There are people that can shoot off the shelf with fingers better than some of us can here. What does that say? Our bows still need some more tuning? I don't think so, with the proper spine and fletching an arrow will stabilize. Obviously you don't want it to work harder than it needs to though, that's what tuning does in my opinion. And besides, you can't tune a bow better than you shoot. You may be able to make it more forgiving though, there is that word again.

Paul