Im anxiously awaiting the arrival of my first bow. With a whole lot of debate, settled on the mission craze. I'm petite and have no idea what my draw length/weight is going to be as I haven't even held a bow since hunter's safety 4 years ago. What im wondering, is what types of sights,rests....... work well with this particular bow as well as for newbs. also, ive heard a lot of debate on using rear sights. some people hate them (esp peeps) should i start with/without one and avoid a peep if i do? I hear a lot of good things about truglo sights. Any insight as to what model would be great for starting out?

Take it to a pro shop.
They'll take care of your draw length and cut your arrows to size.
Whisker Biscuit is a good choice for an arrow rest when it comes to a newb..(lol).
Welcome to the Tribe.

Lol thanks! any other suggestions?

Hello,

you do have a shooting partner dont you ??

if not going alone will be alittle rough but very doable .

you should see if you have any archery clubs as well
as bow /pro shops ,, these days they call everything a proshop
and they all come with experts to tell you what to have and do .

anyway good luck with the sport have over 35 yrs behind the bow
and past shop owner / cert nfaa instructor if i can help any send me a IM
or visit
www.archerytalk.com and go to forums there you will meet some good folks
but beware there is the highly know it all there too  .

TS2

Awesome guys, thanks for all the help! Ill update you on my status later

FINALLY got it LOL its been backordered since before xmas the bow guys at my local shop are pretty excited about helping me set it up

Same here xcept for the unusual 41 high for today im not even going to set it up for at least a couple months yet

Get some pink arrows and launch em in the snow like I do.  

My buddy spraypaints his chevy orange for snowchery.

nice bow, good luck with it and have fun.

cute feet  

Old thread, but as far as measuring wingspan, do it standing up against a wall.  Stand near a corner, extend your finger tip to the corner and then measure on the wall where the other fingertip lands.  Hold your arms out straight, but relaxed, without stretching.

Because if you use the tape measure on your body, the tape will curve around you and will read longer than you really are.

Then you can divide by 2.5 like said, or even better, subtract 15 inches from your wingspan and then divide by 2.  

For example 65 inch wingspan - 15 inches = 50 inches.  50 inches / 2 = 25 inch draw length.  Whereas the the divide by 2.5 method will say you have a 26 inch draw length.   When in doubt, go with the shorter draw length.  You only lose or gain 10 fps of arrow speed per inch of draw.  Better to have a slightly slower arrow that you can hit the bullseye consistently with than a slightly faster arrow that you struggle with because your draw length is a touch too long.

Thanks to everyone helping out. I still havent completely set up the bow, but now that spring is here its one of the projects im hoping to complete soon

I wish the Archery section of ARFCOM was more active like other areas. However, closer to bow season I find myself looking in it and tend to fall into old posts. This got my curiosity, did you ever get your bow setup for you and how you need/want it?

I want to get my wife a bow one of these days, she is always going to my Annual hunting group get together (food, drinks, and friendly Archery Tournament) she has always enjoyed it, but I can tell she'd rather be shooting with us then watching on the side lines.
Do you plan on hunting with it or do you plan on just shooting it for fun?

As you mentioned this section is dead. If you want an answer to that you will have to summon @Walking_Dead