Welcome frank! Best advice i could give a beginner would be shoot as many bows as possible Then choose the best that fits you and your style of hunting whether it be ground or tree or both? then fit it with the best sight, rest, arrows,ect, That you can find But remember frank it does`t matter how much you pay for a bow? If you can`t hit what you aim at it does`t make any deference! Practice as much as possible and when you think your ready? go practice somemore.