Well folks with all the help from all on here and all my hard work this past 9 - 10 months has paid off! I killed my first deer with my Longbow and my first buck ever with a bow!
I went to a spot where hard woods are surrounded by a yellow grassy swamp. The wind was perfect, a slight breeze from NW! I just knew something was going to happen, I was fired up to be in this spot. I get to my tree at around 2:00pm, Lone Wolf was hung by 2:15 and I was set to go! I wait just a bit and let things settle down. I went in with blind calling on my mind, a bit aggressive! I call, with the can, 4 bleats, wait about 2 minutes, then grunt a few times sounding like a buck chasing. Nothing after 15 minutes. Then I hear some movement behind me, I slowly stand up turn to see what the ruckus is, damn squirrels!!!!!! I do the same sequence of calls, the can, grunt a few times. Instanly I hear something coming thru the swamp, I zone in on the ruffles of the leaves KNOWING this is a deer. BAM, I see white horns about 60 yards out or so skirting the hardwoods but heading in my direction. He gets to about 40 yards, stops, in a thick blow down. He stands there for about 5 minutes or so, looking over the woods for the doe or buck that was doing the calling. I grunt a couple more times, he looks and heads my way, stops at about 30 yards and starts rubbing on a tree heading right in front of me with a nothing inbetween us but air! He moves in closer stops at 20 yards perfectly broadside, but if I wait he will come in even closer, 15 yards, stops, looks up directly at me, no problem then comes into 10 yards, stops facing me, I wait, wait he turns broadside, I'm staring at my "spot" the entire time, he stops, I draw, release, my arrow smacks him like a Mack Truck, complete pass thru. He kicks like a mule runs for 10 yards, stops, runs another 10 yards starts coughing, then coughing up blood and falls over dead at about 25 yards!!!!!!! The 50# Montana Longbow, Heritage 150's weighing in at over 600 grains tipped with Magnus Snuffer did the job and I was in heaven! I had to sit down and take it all in at what I had just done! I killed my first buck with a bow and my first deer with my Longbow! [
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I am happy as can be with this deer. I worked hard since last Jan when I first bought my Bow, tuning and practicing and finally getting the confidence to walk in the woods with it. I must admit just walking in the woods with my bow is a great feeling altogether!!!!!![
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Thanks again guys, He was scrappy 1.5 year old deer with a busted tine, I'm very proud of this deer and he is going on the wall!!!!!!!!
Topic: First buck down!!!!!!!!!! (Read 4787 times)
