RE: Bowyer as an occupation ???
Have you looked at the number of ads in Traditional Bowhunter Magazine from bowyers? Talk about a field with heavy competition for market share! Maybe it'd be a good sideline if your fulltime job leaves you enough time to make bows and slowly build a reputation, but I'm not sure I'd recommend quitting your day job to dive into the market. If at all possible, it'd be a feather in your cap if you could work a few years with a well-known bowyer before breaking out on your own.
On the other hand, I know I wouldn't want to be a full time bowyer. I like making bows, but I wouldn't want to turn it into a job. When it becomes WORK instead of a hobby, a lot of the fun goes bye-bye.[&o]