Eastwood , your going about it the right way! Knowlege gained beforehand is far better than knwolege gained by trial and error. The only thing that I will add is something that I believe has made me a better bowhunter. When I first started archery I was 12 years old. I didn't even think about deerhunting with a bow. I was just fascinated by archery , so I set out to be the best archer I could be. By focusing on that , when the time came to try bowhunting , the only thing I had to learn was how many times a year a deer could humble me<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

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