What was your first traditional bow harvest?

[Zipperhead]

Got a javolina in south Texas.  Better than any kill I ever had with training wheels.  Sure glad I made the switch.

[Rick Butler]

A Red Squirrel out of a Cedar tree about 1967.

[Bill Carlsen]

I actually had two...hard to say one was more significant to me than the other.

I shot this buck in 1990. It took me four years to get him and the only time I saw him was when I shot him. He turned out to be a NH State record for a bow (152  7/8") and held that spot for 10 years. Two other bucks have been killed with higher scores but as far as I know they were compound kills.

 

I shot this cow moose the last hour of the last day of the '07 moose season. The sense of accomplishment was one of the most gratifying of my hunting career.

 

[Bill Carlsen]

Ooooopppppssss! I misread the title of the post. I thought it said "finest" bow kill. My first bow kill was actually a chipmunk I shot when I was 13  back in 1956.

[ishoot4thrills]

I killed this buck one week after I killed my first animal with trad back in 1997. My first was a small doe but I can't find pictures of her right away.

62" MAB Black Widow TD
2314 XX75s

 

[todd smith]

First trad bow kill was a blackbird when I was eight.  First big game kill was a caribou in Alaska many years later...

todd

[skidmore]

My first traditional kill was a feral cat out behind the shop. Perfect shot behind the shoulder, I don't remember drawing or releasing just the arrow punching in right behind the shoulder.

[randy grider]

rabbit, about 30 years ago, first deer about 15 years ago.

[Jmgcurve]

Mule deer doe - Douglas Pass, Colorado. Long time ago.

[pitbull]

Had to think long and hard on this because it was so long ago, it was a mourning dove with an old Howatt Cavalier.

[Sam McMichael]

My first trad kill was a grey squirrel. My second trad kill was a 10 point buck, which was also my first deer ever - remember, it's better to be lucky than good. Both were taken with a 45# Ben Pearson gamester recurve in the early 70's. I still have that bow.