first deer taken with a bow.....

[progers]

Would like to hear some stories about the first deer ya took with a bow! Man, wasn't that a rush!?!


I remember mine. It was a 3pt. It was right at dark. I heard something behind me and turned to see. It was too nice little bucks, a spike and a 3pt. They split up and went around the tree I was in. I remember watching them through the bottom of my climber. I remember biting the cam of my bow, trying to keep from shaking! The walked up, nose to nose at the corn pile, looked around and dug in. I give it a few minutes to gather myself together. I decided to take the 3pt. I shot and took off. The spike jumped in right behind him. He ran about 20 yards, jumped a creek and collapsed. The spike stopped and looked at him for a minute then, turned and walked back to the corn pile, with blood on it, and began eating. I watched him til it got dark then, had to run him off to get down. I must say, I was hooked after that!

[bambeklr]

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH yes thats one you will never forget. I was 16 years old and just got my 1st truck. I parked on the farmers road in the middle of the feild of corn so I didnt spook the deer on the feild. It was september and Hot!! I sprayed myself with scent killer and walked back to my climber on the feild. They had just cut 16 rows of corn for silage. I went to the corner and looked down the other edge. There was a doe standing there. I turned and went back to my stand that was located about 40yds from the corner. I remember hearing this little tinking noise every couple seconds. Come to find out it was sweat dripping from my elbow to a gallon jug I had for my bathroom. Talk about hot huh. Right before dark 2 little deer came out to my left in the corner. They were down wind and I was scared they were gonna wind me. They walked right under me. I remember thinking wheres moma. The little ones had just lost there spots. Then out of the same corner out popped a large doe. She milled arround eating corn for a while. Then more deer came out around the corner. She started towards them. I drew my bow and said to my self just look back at the little ones one more time. At that time she did. I remember hitting the release but no noise. When the deer ran she went towards the other deer down the edge. When she turned braudside running The blood was pumping out like a hose. She stopped then started stumbling all arround like she was drunk. Down she went. My first deer with a bow shot a 25 yards and fell in sight. Iwas so pumped up I took my dad and his buddy back there the next day and reinacted the whole thing to them.

[KwackWacker]

I was 14. There was this little wet weather pond on the back side of the farm I lived on. It was usually dried up by the time bow season rolled around in early Sept. but that year it still had quite a bit of water left in it. I noticed that there were tracks on top of tracks all around the pond. And also that the oak trees were slap full of acorns around that area. I decided that's where I needed to be on opening day, so I set up this old Baker style climbing stand. You know the old type where you had to hug the tree and pull the stand up with your feet and then repeat the whole thing until your arms were scratched to no end and you were dripping with sweat. I stayed in that stand all day through the heat and all. About an hour before sunset this little doe comes strolling out. I draw back, steady the pin and release an arrow two feet over her back. Thought it was 40 yards, turned out to be 20 yards. I beating myself up pretty good about the easy miss when this little five point creeps out exactly where the doe had been. Now I know it's 20 yards. Draw, shoot, and release. He takes off like a bullet. I wasn't sure it if I hit him or not so I run back to the house to get Dad. We come back and find him in 5 minutes. The next morning out of the same stand I killed a three legged 6 point. That turned out to be the hottest stand that year.

[DocHolladay]

i hope i can add my story this fall. i am practicing as much as i can till then.

[carnivore]

44 yrs. old and still after my 1st true kill and harvest with stick-n-string if the good lord don't take me out prematurely i'll give er a try again this year. My biggets problem is I only get out about 5 hunts with a bow.

[bambeklr]

Hey kwackwacker its funny that you talked about that style deer stand since I was sitting in one in the story above when I killed my first bow kill. Thats why I was sweating so bad.

[KwackWacker]

I've always hated those stupid things. I think that one I was hunting out of is still on the same tree if no one has moved it.

[bambeklr]

The one I was sitting in was home made. I used a seatbelt strap to hoist myself up the tree. I still have that old stand my dad made. I just got smart and made a climbing aid out of the same material.