It was in 1991 and I was 28 years old. It was my first time deer hunting ever. My father-in-law had decided that it was way too windy and we decided to pack it in for the morning and try our luck with the scheduled diminshing winds in the afternoon. We were almost out of the woods when he whispered &quot;there's a buck.&quot; It was a small 6 pointer. I stood there and watched him take aim. He shot and we watched the buck wobble - it was like the deer was dizzy. <img src=icon_smile_question.gif border=0 align=middle> He shot again and the deer took off running straight into the woods about 30 yeards away. I decided that he shot enough so I lifted my 12 guage shotgun and pulled the trigger. The deer literally did a summersault. I shot him through the neck. <img src=icon_smile_dead.gif border=0 align=middle>Later we understood why the deer wobbled. My father-in-law completely shot off one side of the deer's antlers at the base of the head. It must have felt like someone hit it in the head with a sledgehammer.

My absolute favorite time was when I got my first bow kill in 1996. I've been hooked ever since. Deer hunting is a lot of fun with a gun - make no mistake about it. But it doesn't give me the thrill like bow hunting. To me that's deer hunting.