first deer i shot was with my woodland,riverbend longbow, by rick ingraham, all bamboo 62 at 27.at that time i was using a back quiver full of custom king cedar arrows with 125 grain grizzly broadheads. i just happen to be hunting with rick in ny. we where walking up a hillside and seeing good sign, rick said he would go up the hill one way and i should go up the other way and we would meet at the top. After parting ways i started seeing fresh droppings, i slowed down to a crawl. What happened next i can still see in my head. A deer suddenly appeared coming down the hill towards me, i froze. With the wind in my face, a arrow on my sting and me quarry in front of me i promptly shot the tree in back of the deer. The deer jumped 5 yards and stood there not knowing what had happened. My mind was racing, how far was the deer, i was thinking, as i drew another arrow from my back quiver, at the same time thinking you shoot instinctively,pick a spot and shoot. The next thing i remember is the deer running away with a red spot on its side right where i was looking. After i was able to get the shaking under control i went in found my arrrow, that had passed through the deer. the first arrow was buried in the tree and i broke it off after the head, What to do next. Wait was not what i wanted to do, but i made myself wait the required half hour before taking up the blood trail, that went up over the ridge. As i crested the rise i just about tripped on my first traditional big game kill,a fat button buck. As rick walked toward me back at the truck i was all smiles that was 35 years ago.