Giff,
The Ben Pearson Cougar, 45# at 28" was the bow I started bowhunting with when I was 13 years old. I recall Mom bought it for Dad. The "set" came with 3-6 cedar arrows with "Deadhead" broadheads (2-blade, very wide with cut-outs). Dad only shot it one time-straight up off our porch in a sub-division with houses every quarter of an acre (yikes!). I hunted chipmunks with that bow. Then, I killed the first live deer I ever saw when I was 16 years old in 1969 with it. I recall the set cost $20.
Sounds like you did great!
If I ever find a Cougar for sell I'll buy it for my mantle. I was a right-handed shooter in those days (for 28 years) and now I'm a leftie.