Marty, be very careful, get your business Ps and Qs together, make a business plan, get lots of advice from small business owners of all sorts, read tons of materials on starting and running a business, and then go for it. We only get one life, and we aint getting out alive, so why not follow your dreams? Especially since you have some money coming in from Uncle Sugar
Oh, thanks for many years service in the US Navy. My dad was a Navy officer, and I ended up in the Army. (Hard to drown or get eaten by sharks when you are humping an M60).
I have toyed with the idea, not bows, but Roman artillary, as an extra side business. Just gigantic arrow throwers, after all.
Radius, congrats! Best of luck with those bows.