Checkout "archerytalk.com"...pretty good forum.
Some 20+ years ago I shot for a manufacturer, Alpine Archery. I eventually got to where I made my own strings. Alpine would send us our bows, the first place mine went was to the bow press for total disassembly. My draw length was 29 1/2" and back in those days, you changed draw lengths on bows by doing a cam lobe swap. Well, the longer the draw, the harder the cam lobe...32" draw lobes were biggest they made. I would put a 32" cam lobe on my bow, build new cables & strings (cables were actually strings back then, too), I'd change the cam axles & bushings, spin the main string up, put it back together. By changing the cam lobes, string lengths and spinning the string up, it brought the draw length back into my range. Then we shot these tiny ass $18 dollar EACH arrows using an overdraw. What we ended up with is what is commonplace today without all that work...a bow that shot 326FPS set at 62lbs. That doesn't sound like much to brag about today, but 20+ years ago that was about as fast as you could get them to go. Fun times!!!
My very first bow hunt, I all but gave up rifle hunting. We had scouted the area 2 weeks prior. I found my spot, securing my tree stand and left. Opening morning we went to our location. I headed to my tree. Got up my tree, all situated in. About 2 hours later, here comes an unsuspecting doe meandering her way up and down the hill. She eventually makes her way directly out in front of my stand, about 37 yards away, broadside. Already standing, I click my release on my string, draw back, lay that 30 yd bead right in her rib section and let that arrow fly! She jumped, I watched my arrow go below her chest cavity...MISSED! She bolts off and that's the end of my first opening morning bow hunt. Although I didn't tag her, I was instantly hooked on bow hunting. I was into it so much it got to the point I was taking my bow during gun season. Over the years I had so much fun bow hunting. I even had the opportunity to kill a MASSIVE 10 pointer DIRECTLY under my tree! When I say directly, I mean directly...when I aimed, I was aiming straight down to the ground. He walked right under my stand. I literally could've jumped from my stand, onto his back and cut his damn throat!
Anyway, good times Jaye.
Enjoy your adventure.