This coming fall will be my first hunting season ever. I decided to go with archery because I like the idea of getting as close as possible to the animal. It just sounds fun. Thats not to say i won't ever hunt modern firearm but for now this is how ill learn. I'll be taking my hunters safety course fairly soon but in the mean time I'll be spending a lot of time getting to know the ins and outs of my new bow.

I went with the PSE Brute X. It just felt right out of the bows I shot today. I was comparing the brute to a couple diamond archery bows on the range today and probably almost got hurt. As I drew back on the diamond fugitive I was checking out I heard a loud crack. So I released tension on the bow and inspected it to find one of the limbs splintered pretty good. That sealed the deal for me on not going with Diamond archery especially since minutes before when I was pulling it off the wall someone came up and said they had seen two of them break. I'm just glad it didn't grenade on me. Haha. I'm guessing that bow had been dry fired or something but I loved shooting the brute anyway and I'm happy with it.

It came as a ready to shoot package so I'll eventually start upgrading the accessories as I get more into archery. I'll probably head into the knock point soon to get her sighted in and get some target arrows. luckily I have a decent sized yard too and I'll be able to practice 20 and 30 yard shots at home at least.

so, enough about me. I'd like to hear who all bowhunts? What got you into it and how long did it take for you to stick your first deer?

Here's my bow: