Richard,
If there's one thing I've learned on this site it is this " good looks do not kill deer "
Functionality does !
I can't give you any of the advice of the more economical bows, because I started out spending $375 for my first bow, on the classifieds on this site. It was a custom bow, a John McDonald " Big River", quality custom bow. The lesson I learned from that bow, I was over Bowed. Although it was quiet smooth, and accurate most the time. It was too much bow for me.
The one thing that I did do before I purchased that bow, I spend $150 on a viper bow, I got that often the classifieds, had it for three weeks, and sold it for $150. What that particular bow did, is show me what I was looking for in a bow. The viper bow, most deftly had hand shock. It was not quiet, it was not smooth on the draw as some of the custom bows are. It gave me in education. A education may cost you 150 $200, but that is a small price to pay compared to what it would cost you if you start out with the wrong expensive custom bow.
And they are expensive, when you get the wrong one. But if you get the right one like I have now, they are priceless. Because they shoot straight, shoot quiet, and my draw is as smooth as butter. I could't ask for better bow, I have Bob Lee three-piece takedown, and the Bob Lee "Hunter" is at a good price considering its three-piece takedown.
To get to this bow, I have purchased and sold and traded, 7 different bows. Thats only because I do not have a traditional shop in the area. And I started out wanting a custom bow, I'm older, fussier, and determined, but I really like the bow I have now, as my wife puts it;
" do you have a "Mad River" yet"
Sometimes my wife looks at something that I'm going to purchase and she flat out says " that's just not you and you know it, spend the extra, it'll save you money"
She's got a good attitude
Pastor Carl
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