You might find a bow that is less than 200 dollar but you might have to do some looking. I would suggest looking for a Fred Bear.

I agree with steve182, You would be better off finding a classisfied in a local newspaper or a local internet sales site. Fred Bear is a little more then the $200 range... But maybe something like a ben parker or a martin. Draw length and weight doesn't matter they usually all adjust to your liking. If your using it for competetion instead of hunting, you might want to save a little more because you will end up dumping more money in a comp. bow then a hunting bow. either way your going to have to put more into the bow once you get it. I bought my first one for $200 and ended up dumping another $150 in it through out the year...

A non serious bow hunter, surely there is no such thing. Archery takes lots and lots of practice to be able to hit what you aim at, judge distance, and actually get a deer into bow range. I don't know anybody who can pick up a bow only when they hunt and expect to kill a deer. For instance, i shoot literally thousands of arrows during the summer to prepare for the season and i won't go out if i can't shoot a few arrows ahead of time to make sure i am on.

The bear archery youg gun is about 100 bucks over your price range but worth the extra dollars. It has a draw weight in between 40 to 50lbs the draw length is extremley adjustable with a range of 14 to 27 inches to grow with you and it has a 70% let-off. Cut the grass in your neighborhood this summer for the extra cash and get your bow and live the outdoor dream!

Once you shoot a deer with youre bow, i garantee you will like it better than muzzle, so if i were you i'd save more money and buy a better bow that fit's you really good and that is really accurate,... i bought a bow when i was youre age it was a bear for youth, it's a good beginner bow but dont abuse it because if you do, it gets off target after a while and you start missing. i got my first deer with it after missing lots, now i bought myself a new and beter one, it shoots great! (bowtech) oh, and if youre going to be hunting deer, buy one that you can change the draw weight up to at least 55lbs for when you get better

I have a 10 year old daughter that is getting into archery. She has no desire to hunt, just wants to target shoot. She is needing a new bow. We have been looking at the Mathews Genesis youth compound bow (pink, of course) but was wanting to make sure that this was a good bow and she wouldn't outgrow it in a year's time. What do you think?

Yes, Bear has a $200 bow, but a used bow would yield better value. If your handy you may be able to make your own bow and