He thought it was a deer coming down the trail because he only saw bits and peaces of it and not having a deer tag he didn't feel the need to pic up his bow. He didn't realize it was a cat until it stepped in the open right in front of him. it only paused for a second before walking further down the trail. He did take a shot threw a small opening about thirty five yards down the trail but said he had buck fever/cat fever and the arrow went right over his back. Trust me, I've given him enough crap about it over the past week.