First deer i shot was a doe. shot her with my old PSE Nova, only had 40lbs on it but it did the job!

Pig: These were my second and third deer after many many misses. The ten has a perfect rack. The funny thing is that the spike and ten weighed almost the same.

It was Thanksgiving Day back in the early 90’s. My girlfriend and Ihad finished dinner andwere just kicking backwatching TV. I had a lock on tree stand in a tree just down the road. I looked at my girlfriend and said “I think I’m going to go hop in that tree stand for the last couple hours of daylight.

I went there and jumped up a group of does, then after getting settled in I grunted and they came right back into my area. I clipped the lead doe’s left lung at 12 yards with an XI Impact, Easton Gamegetter aluminum arrow with a muzzy broadhead.

I called my buddy and asked him to come help me out since I had never killed a deer before and he basically lent me his knife and told me to learn how to gut a deer you should do it yourself. Man, that gut sac smelled terrible when I accidentally cut into it. He told me to watch out for it, but I got careless.

One of the most exciting days of my life and one of the best Thanksgivings!!

My first bow kill was in 1997, with a PSE Lightning Flite II, xx75 arrows and a satellite broadhead. It was a 4 pointer and I shot him 25 yards uphill. He ran about 20 yards and crashed. I will never forget that day.

My first bowkill was Oct. 1995, a big doe, shot her with a Hoyt Rebel, 55lbs, 29in XX75 2117's tipped with Thunderhead 125's.

PSE Bruin two years ago.....my first New Mexico mule deer with a bow. I'll never be the same.

Basket 8 in 1954 with a 44# longbow and cedar arrows made by a friend. I think Bear razor inserts but may have been a Zwickey.Favorite bow a Herter's "Sambar Hunter", (recurve) 50#. My son sold it for $3 to go to a movie....laxdad

browning micro adrinaline xs.

I had one of the first compounds ever built for a youth. It was a prototype built by Pearson Archery. Dick Tone delivered it to my dads house whenhe came for a visit some 25 years ago. I missed my first whitetail with it. A doe came in and let me shoot at her 5 times. I ran out of arrows and had to watch her the rest of the evening feeding less than 15 yards. I was hooked on bowhunting from that point on. The next compound I owned was a Hoyt. I don't remember the model but it was before they were very popular. The bow shot great though and I got my first deer with it. I have shot Hoyt bows ever since.

MC

Oregon Valiant crusader was a great shootin bow.