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By Matt Sloan

-- Beads of sweat rolled down my face as I hoisted my bow up the tree. The warm September afternoon made my hike up the hill and into my stand less than pleasant. I had started to wonder if my friends were right when they told me I was crazy for hunting opening day. None of that mattered to me, though, because I was overwhelmed with excitement over my first-ever bowhunt!

I had moved back to Wisconsin after five years in the Navy and was very excited to get back into hunting. My dad had started me deer hunting when I was 12, and we used to gun hunt together prior to my joining the service. He had always bowhunted as well and talked me into trying it last year when I returned.

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