i wish you would read the 5 thousand "i injured a deer" threads in yer free time. ya need to practice with everything you plan on wearing when hunting, on yer person. shoot from yer stand all off season. practice practice practice. when ya can group a dozen in a 6 inch circle, hunt from half that distance. the deer will come after ya got all this, but this is really the most important part. not, where the deer are. good luck and i hope to see you got that monster deer next year. took me many a moons to get my 1st deer with a bow.