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Hunting by Game/Technique => Bowhunting => Topic started by: maineduckhunter on Sep 15, 2009, 08:39:40 AM

Title: First Deer with a Bow....
Post by: maineduckhunter on Sep 15, 2009, 08:39:40 AM: So I got my first deer with a bow yesterday afternoon. Had this nice doe come and feed under an apple tree. She gave me my first shot at about 8-10 yards...I pulled back, put the pin on her and released the arrow, too bad I didn't look thru the peep sight....but she gave me another chance, she walked right towards me and stopped broad side at about 5 yards, this time I looked thru the peep and put the pin on her and released. She ran to the right with tail down and right into another shooting lane and stood there broad side at about 20 yards...I launched another one, missing her and she ran off. I soon heard her lay down. After a short tracking job and team effort gut this is what I got....and oh yeah...this was only my 3rd sit....beginners luck I guess..... ;)
(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d83/newell-34/FirstBowDeer2.jpg)
(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d83/newell-34/FirstBowDeerEntryWound.jpg)
(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d83/newell-34/FirstBowDeer3.jpg)
Title: Re: First Deer with a Bow....
Post by: brace on Sep 15, 2009, 08:45:42 AM: Well done MDB!! Looks like your first arrow did the job nicely.
Title: Re: First Deer with a Bow....
Post by: halfrack33 on Sep 15, 2009, 09:05:35 AM: Nice! what kind of broadhead?
Title: Re: First Deer with a Bow....
Post by: maineduckhunter on Sep 15, 2009, 09:35:48 AM: Quote from: halfrack33 on Sep 15, 2009, 09:05:35 AM
Nice! what kind of broadhead?
G5 Broadhead
Title: Re: First Deer with a Bow....
Post by: stka on Sep 15, 2009, 11:56:51 AM: Congrats. What did you think about the bow experience compared to a gun? I personally think it's much more rewarding. Great shot by the way, I have forgotten the peep myself.
Title: Re: First Deer with a Bow....
Post by: maineduckhunter on Sep 15, 2009, 11:59:14 AM: Quote from: stka on Sep 15, 2009, 11:56:51 AM
Congrats. What did you think about the bow experience compared to a gun? I personally think it's much more rewarding. Great shot by the way, I have forgotten the peep myself.
I felt like a young kid again, out on his first hunt....it is a lot different but I love it!!
Title: Re: First Deer with a Bow....
Post by: Stuck-on-Seven on Sep 15, 2009, 01:02:10 PM: awesome!! ive been waitin on you maine guys to show us some pics of dead deer finally.....nice shot i might add.....my first shot at a deer with the bow i missed 3 times ::).....maybe the next one will be easier for ya then again maybe not ;D.....congrats
Title: Re: First Deer with a Bow....
Post by: Issiah on Sep 15, 2009, 03:58:21 PM: Congrats! Good Shot Placement on that second shot.
Title: Re: First Deer with a Bow....
Post by: halfrack33 on Sep 15, 2009, 09:21:48 PM: Quote from: maineduckhunter on Sep 15, 2009, 09:35:48 AM
G5 Broadhead

great shot placement, couldn't have been any better. I would have expected a little better hole from those things though :-\ Regardless, amazing shot
Title: Re: First Deer with a Bow....
Post by: CAPTJJ on Sep 16, 2009, 10:47:11 AM: Nice, doesn't look like you needed the third shot anyway. ;D
Title: Re: First Deer with a Bow....
Post by: maineduckhunter on Sep 16, 2009, 12:50:15 PM: Quote from: CAPTJJ on Sep 16, 2009, 10:47:11 AM
Nice, doesn't look like you needed the third shot anyway. ;D
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No, but I wasn't really sure....better safe then sorry.... ;D.....and NERVOUS!!
Title: Re: First Deer with a Bow....
Post by: upstatehunter on Sep 17, 2009, 05:44:59 AM: Congrats MDH !!!! You will remember that doe like a trophy buck the rest of your life. Way to not get rattled by missing. I have friends who tried bow hunting and don't miss much with a gun. First time they missed with the bow they were so shocked and rattled they couldn't hit a bull in the a$$ with a shovel. Great job!!
Title: Re: First Deer with a Bow....
Post by: maineduckhunter on Sep 17, 2009, 08:26:07 AM: Quote from: upstatehunter on Sep 17, 2009, 05:44:59 AM
Congrats MDH !!!! You will remember that doe like a trophy buck the rest of your life. Way to not get rattled by missing. I have friends who tried bow hunting and don't miss much with a gun. First time they missed with the bow they were so shocked and rattled they couldn't hit a bull in the a$$ with a shovel. Great job!!
Yeah I was pretty proud of myself too....But practicing helps with getting rattled....you need to learn to relax yourself at a time like that and I have practiced that....I'm heading back to the killing tree tonight hoping for some more meat for the freezer!!
Title: Re: First Deer with a Bow....
Post by: bassranger on Sep 18, 2009, 04:16:46 AM: Congrats. Nice shot. I have been bow hunting for 17 years and last night I missed doe broad side at 30 yards Its part of bowhunting.
Title: Re: First Deer with a Bow....
Post by: Rairdog on Oct 04, 2009, 09:38:35 AM: I missed twice at the same deer last year. Cable guide broke and I didn't notice it. 30 years of bowhunting you would think I'd know better. There are too many things that can go wrong mechanically and mentally. Practice, inspect and deep breathing until heart quits pounding. Congrats on your first bow kill.
Title: Re: First Deer with a Bow....
Post by: wile.e.1 on Oct 04, 2009, 09:10:16 PM: until heart quits pounding. .....LOL Hope that never happens to me. I get goin just hearing leaves crunch. Add to that a buck or doe sneakin through....man my ticker is pumpin' .I have taken a handful of deer with my bow, and I don't know...something about being so close to them without getting busted is a rush to me ( I can't be the only one ?) I was just reading some posts while waiting impatiently for my season to start (oct 17) and this one got me thinkin about how excited I get while bowhunting...Like I said, I hope that rush never leaves me...Yeah, it's hard to controll, But it's not boring ! Best of luck to ALL you folks