wow what a thread, I started hunting when I was about 11yrs old, I would come home from school and grab my Ben Pearson fiberglass bow and my Montgomery Wards wooden arrows and hunt till dark... hunted up till last year ,killed a nice 10pt in Texas and as I walked up to him he was still breathing and I watched him die, I'm a retired LEO and I've seen/ watched people die but something clicked, my brother walked up and was admiring the deer and I told him it was my last and it was.. I just got into traditional archery and when I get good enough I will kill 3D targets and I still enjoy IDPA but for ME hunting is over.
