My first compound bow was a shiney black browning with a natural wood riser. I never did take a deer with it, but it wasn't the bow's fault[:@] I used to hunt from the ground and have had deer look right at me with my bow arm extended, they never noticed or gave it a second look. After missing a "gimme" shot I put the bow away and didn't shoot again for 12 years. I picked the bow up again around 2003 and bought a BowTech later that year. Quite a difference from that old round wheel, steel cabled antique.