I started bowhunting in 1971 when I returned from my second tour in Vietnam. Hunted with a recurve for several years and then went through 3 compounds in 2 years. I finally settled on a PSE Lazer Magnum in the late 70s and hunted with that bow into the 90s. Shot a deer my first year. When I started bowhunting in NY there were literally no bowhunters around. I hunted my first 5 or 6 years and never saw another bowhunter. Deer herds were a lot smaller in most places. I think just about everything was one tag up until the later 80s. My first bow kill. And WOW... Rickmur with a mullet. LOL