On Sunday, October 18th Dan finally made it out for his first hunt of New York's 2009 archery season. The plan was to get to the stand around 3:00 p.m. and sit until dark. It wasn't until 6:00 p.m. that Dan saw his first deer - a big 8 pointer slowly making his way towards the hunter. As the buck got closer the wind swirled and the buck turned and started walking away. Dan only had one chance. The buck made it to a window 40 yards away and let the arrow fly putting the buck down in sight.