How long did it take?

[Thumper Dunker]

Still working on mine. When I go   deer hunting seems like those darn coyotes keep getting in the way.  

[slivrslingr]

Still waiting for my first North American big game archery kill as well, I started archery hunting in 1998.

[old_goat2]

Think I deer hunted 4 or 5 seasons with compound and never got a deer, and then first season hunting with a recurve I got a doe whitetail, have 2 seasons with a recurve for elk and it was just stupid greenhorn move that kept me from getting a nice bull the first weekend of the first season I hunted them with stickbow, hopefully this year will be the icebreaker for elk with stickbow but we don't have near as good of tag this year, but it only takes one elk to get it done. I think it has more to do with being in the right place at the right time than anything with the elk and probably deer too.

[RionS]

I hunted with a compound for 11 years and never killed a deer. Year 12 I was 24 years old and decided to go trad and finally killed my first buck. It took me a long time to figure out that the gun hunting tactics that I was raised on would not yield many shot opportunities at whitetails with archery equipment.