RE: Why do I even bring a bow in the woods??!!!
Sometimes you perform best when you don't have any time to prepare. All the deer I've seen this year I've had at least 15 seconds and/or 20 yards of warning and I freaked outand lost focus on all of them. This passed weekend, I waswasn't anywherenear paying attention 'cause I'd just climbed the tree when two deer came chasing eachother out of nowhere. The first one went flying passed me andI stood up thinking there might be another one coming. Not 3 seconds later he came running the same way. I timed his running with my shooting lane and "mehhhed" him before he got into it. Just so happens I timed it right and he stopped. As soon as he turned his head to look at me, the arrow was already on its way. This all happened in about 5 seconds.
When the deer went down I realized my heart wasn't thumping. Of course then the thumping started.