First Bow Setup

My 26-year-old daughter, Valerie, tagged her first whitetail last season, a four-point buck. She dropped it with a shotgun slug. This year she's determined to kill a whitetail with a bow.

Valerie got her first bow, a Bear Siren RTH (Ready To Hunt), a few months ago. The compound came complete with a Trophy Ridge quiver, 4-pin sight, Whisker Biscuit, stabilizer, sling and an installed peep sight and nock loop. All Valerie needed was a matching set of arrows and a trigger release.

We could have bought what she needed and done the final tweaking ourselves. Many novice bowhunters do this, as do experienced hunters when they rig a bow for a spouse or a youngster.

I suspected that...