your first

[bayhunter]

Im curious to hear about peoples first trad kill or the one that is the most special to you. pictures and whole stories would be greatly prefered      

[Killdeer]

My story is in my member interview. Here is the link:

   Interview

Killdeer

 

[zipper bowss]

My first trad. deer was taken with a Bob Lee 3 piece longbow.It was a nice doe that was just dumb enough to allow me 3 shots at her.I kept dropping my bow arm to see where the arrow was going to hit.Every time she would move off after the shot.I would bleat and she would come back and give me another shot at her.Sure enough I shot under that doe twice before I realised what I was doing wrong.I think I was more surprised then the deer was when I finaly hit her on the third shot.She did not go more then 50 yards before she flopped over.I'll never forget that old girl.
Bill

[Dick in Seattle]

My first... and only...   Link to story below.    Warning:  It's very long with tons of pictures, covering the making of the bow, the making of a 3D pig to practice on, the trip to Texas and the thoughts of an a great adventure he never expected to have.  I hope everyone's memories of their first hunt are as good as mine.


 http://www.dickwightman.com/archeryactivity/shooting-adventures/bigbadwolf/bigbadwolf.html

[Eugene Slagle]

Unfortunatly I don't have any pictures of my first Trad kill "long story" but I do remember my first.

Outside of a Black Bird that I took with a Pop Pop made Hicory bow in 80' in which I learned real quick that I eat what I kill, my first animal that I really did my homework on & followed what my Grandfather had taught me & taken was a Doe in 83'.
It was with a 45# Bear Super Grizzly & I was on the back side of the property with my Grandfather, we had scouted the area pretty good earlier in the season & had a good idea of the patern that they took.
Sitting just 10 yards from this old logging road out she came munching on some laurel, I could hear Pop Pop whisper take it slow & be sure of your shot as I drew my 2018 back & as she made one last step I released the arrow which hit its mark.

Through all the years after that I've hunted, wandered to the Compounds & now have returned to a Recurve I've always remembered that hunt & have cherrished that day because not long after my grandfather lost his battle with Lung Cancer but it was the knowledge that he passed on to me & the time we spent together that is the most important.

[Night Wing]

My first trad bow kill was a bullfrog way back in 1964 when I was 14 years old. I arrowed the frog with a one piece 60", 40# @ 28" Bear Super Kodiak recurve.

Nothing special to write home about. It was daytime. I was at a pond. I saw it, stalked up to it, got close enough for a shot and arrowed it.

I arrowed many frogs after that. I guess I could say I honed my bowhunting skills on frogs.

[smilinicon]

I do not have a picture, but I took my first deer with a Martin Hunter recurve. A friend let me leave work a bit early to hunt. It was a perfect calm October evening, overcast with not much wind. As I climbed into my favorite tree in this FWA area, I saw a buck slinking along a ditch a hundred yards off.

As I was just enjoying the evening, a movement to the left caught my eye - a small 6 point buck was walking into my shooting lane and would give me a 15 yard shot.I readied for the shot when the buck turned and began walking directly under my tree, though on the other side of a large forked branch that I had to do some fancy repositioning to have any chance at a shot. I got my bow into position, drew and let loose the arrow as the buck passed below at 7 feet. About a 75 yard trail and I filled my first tag.

[straitera]

1st-12 yo on the farm killed a rabbit w/35# lb. But my first with my heavier hunting lb happened 2 weeks after I bought it back in 1978 (? close enough). 2 javelinas were streaking through the woods & ran by my tree at 15 yards. Fluid motion mechanics drew full to anchor, led the receiver just enough, & released to a perfect spot just behind the shoulder w/3-blade Thunderhead on alum. Pig went down as I knocked another arrow which also found it's mark. Shaking like a leaf after. Still shoot that 75# Proline.

Eugene, great story. My "Pa" was the best too. Thanks for the reminder.

Dick, you're every right to be big proud! Well done. Seem to remember you got that pig in Texas right?