First deer was a spike. Shot it with a Shakespeare "Wonder Bow" at about 15 feet, from a ground blind I made in the middle of a small swamp in south central Louisiana. I have no photos , just a precious, musty old "horn" plaque. That was the winter of 1962, I was just over 14. Took me until 1974 to ever get a bow shot at another !!! A fat doe at about 30 yards. I missed 4 times ! It kept coming back in. Last time hauled out of there, stepping on and breaking one of the aluminum arrows that was stuck in the ground. Both of those hunts remain fond memories. That swamp was drained into a rather large "hole" created during the construction of I-10 and there are dozens of $450K - $600K homes built in that "swamp" now.