how many shots did it take you to get your first animal?

[customcrester]

I missed many until i got enough experiance to get the deer close,under 15 yards before i shoot.My first was a big doe that i shot at under 10 yards,i was 20 years old.In the 17 years since that day i have learned to pick my shots and one arrow is all it takes.

[Overspined]

I want to re-post....thousands of shots, 1 at the deer. Makes it all very rewarding

[swamper]

fall of 1973,missed 2 does,shot a spike buck right under me,maybe 10 feet from arrow to deer standing on a limb in a pine tree,nelt down on the limb I was on to get even closer,using 68 bear kodiak

[thunder1]

1

[beachbowhunter]

one

[kwc]

two shoots on the ground still hunting button buck ran in front of me about 18 yards frist shoot was into the tree in back of him, deer moved 5 yards to my right, was using a back quiver at the time, drew another arrow and started to guess the yardge, then just said to myself your shooting instintively picked a spot and made a perfect shot found the deer about 60 yards away after a 30 min. wait, longest 30 mins. of my life.

[mmisciag]

I feel much beter about my results so far after reading this thread.

2008 saw no deer and had no shots

2009 saw three deer and three shots (all misses)

2010 saw deer on every outing. Saw my first buck! He was a ten pointer. Missed...

2011 I need to get in the woods before the late season is closed...

Here we go!

Martin