Hey Okbwhtr who told you that deer in Illinois are big??? We don't have large deer here. <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle> Most don't get over 60 lbs. I'd stay home and hunt those OK. deer <img src=icon_smile_evil.gif border=0 align=middle>

Seriously though, in the minds of a young bowhunter size doesn't matter. I remember my first kill like it was yesterday. My father picked it up by the rear and the nape of the neck and threw it across a steep creek bank. Now that was small, but to me at the time it was a P&Y! Congrats to the laddie on his deer.