Who is still waiting on their first?

[Yelperhelper]

You might try this knuckle up and go to Tejas for a exotic or hog hunt. Example like at Dos Plumas get in game or target rich environment and just cut loss have fun and whack em and stack um as Uncle Ted says.  This does several thing and one is the buidling of confidence w/ your bow. If you miss when you miss jump right back on the bucking horse and GID!  Practice is important as I TRY TO SHOT 3 SHOTS FROM HUNTING TYPE SIT'S.  Use only 1 arrow!!  To build or maintain muscle tone i shoot 30 rubber band shots, 50 push ups and all sorts strecthes. AM, noon & PM too.

[hera]

Me .  

[Recurve50 LBS]

Still waiting here. Maybe in the morning the wait will be over.

[nightowl1]

good to know im not the only one. I grew up ( ha grew up I'm only 24) small game hunting and mostly fishing the bayou and swamps of Texas. I moved to the Hill Country and have never seen so many deer in my life. I enjoy every minute of my hunt except for the part when they blow at me from 20 and too far yards away. How can you not love these animals.

[Oregon Okie]

This is my first season to hunt archery of any kind. I've got a few more chances so we'll see. So far no shots.

[kiamichi kid]

Still waiting for my first trad deer. this year makes three without a trad harvest but there is still time yet.

[Wednesday Caste]

Count me in. Freshman year of hunting for me. Still very green.     :rolleyes:      
Last day of hunt- strapped the bow on the backpack and started my 2 mile mountain hike back to camp.  Walked casually about 3 hundred yards and got busted by the only deer (aprox 20yds) I saw the whole hunt.
I practiced for months at that yardage too!    

[Toecutter]

Wow, I see I'm in some pretty good company.  Second year of trad hunting, and no meat yet.  I got the feeling this is the year though.

Good luck all,
Nathan

[b.glass]

I've read that for any bowhunter it is on an average of 6 yrs. to take a deer for the first time.

[Ironman]

I hunted hard for five years hard with a recurve before i got my first. It was worth it, Now after 16 years of trad hunting i want a real wall hanger mabe in the 140 P&Y class.

[3blades]

Got my first deer last year with an older compound but still waiting for a Trad-kill. Only a squirrel so far. You are not alone as you can see.

[Gehrke145]

I got my deer the first year, lol now put a bull elk in the picture and I turn into a mess lol.  I think every bowhunter has there unicorn!

[tomh]

So far, one grouse down, but have yet to drop the string on a deer. have to see one first! I think they are all nocturnal still, or have moved into town.

[Recurve50 LBS]

Got skunked again yesterday so the wait continues.

[fxe]

No trad deer for me yet.But its all good.I'll stay at it for sure.Have done the not bending at the waist 3 times            I'm a slow learner!
GOOD LUCK to everyone and stick with it!!!

[str8sh2ter]

I consider myself still waiting .I hit a doe back in the mid seventies with an old ben Pearson recurve but couldn't find her.I got a 5 pt. in '81[i think] with a wooden riser compound. [American Archery Cheetah]
 2 bucks with a gun since.
 i'm back to Trad. bow this year .
 Maybe it's just me but staying still for long periods is tougher at 50.I must admit ,I can shoot alot better now than when I was younger .Just a matter of time til i get one.

[Bakes168]

I am looking forward to my first trad deer!

Bakes

[BowHuntingFool]

This being my first trad season, I love it, I missed 2 Does within 2 minutes a few weeks back, 1 over the back , the next under the chest, what a rush!!! My compound may never kill a deer again because it won't see the woods again, at least in my hands!

[BroMark]

Yep... plenty of deer taken with firearm and compound... but still after my first trad deer - with a longbow this year.  I'm currently 0 for 1... but ain't nowhere near ready to quit.

[Ian johnson]

hopefully I can get my deer this season, would really like it to be with a bow