RE: self bows
Congrats on making your first bow! I'm sure there will be more to come.
Really, the biggest critter I've killed with a selfbow was a coyote, and that was nearly 40 years ago. I made my own bows when I was a kid, got off into store bought bows for many years, and just got back to doing it for a hobby a few years ago, after I became disabled. Back then, there weren't many deer around so I only hunted small game, predators and varmints. Nowadays we've got oodles and gobs of deer, but I don't get to hunt much any more.