Have a cousin that was, to me, the true hunter. He was an excellent archer and use to allow me shoot when I visited him. He gave me an old Bear recurve when I was 12 or 13 can't really remember. My Dad couldn't understand why I wanted to use a bow when a gun was much more effective. Never had a chance to hunt deer with a bow until I was about 18. Just feel in love with the technique of hunting close and what bow hunting taught me.