I seem to recall a few that eluded my best intended arrows,many moons ago as a 13 year old punk searching the woods for one of these "big" bucks I heard could be found somewhere in this state, I sent a few harmless arrows over the backs of unsuspecting whitetails.As mentioned, regardless of age, practice and experience will eventually give you that hard fought "first".That's what's exciting about bowhunting is how fast it can go from a slap in the face to a slap on the back.Good luck