First Deer with bow Thanks Tradgang pics added.

joe ashton · October 03, 2011, 09:05:00 PM

nice

BowHunterGA · October 03, 2011, 09:13:00 PM

Congrats!

Three Finger · October 03, 2011, 09:51:00 PM

First day on the stand and it didn't start out good. I couldn't find my stand in the dark. lol. I just sat by a tree till light and then went and found it. I had walked right by it. Well once I got on the stand I had turkey's all over the place but. I was after deer.

I had been sitting a while watching squirrle and turkey's. Then off to the right about 50yrds. I saw an ear twitch. Then I lost it. But a few minutes later here came a small doe. Came right in front of me about 30 yrds. Too long a shot for me. I'm good to 20. Then a deer I didn't see behind me and down wind blew and stomped. The doe in front froze.
Next two more big does came in with the smaller one. One about 20yrds and one at about 25. I came to fulldraw on the 20yrd doe and missed right over her back. As soon as I missed all the deer ran off and I bleeted. The doe I missed stopped and backed up a little looking around. So I put one in her at 20yrds.
She was quartering away pretty good. The shot was good. Just cut the top of the heart. But not a passthrough. The arrow stuck in the offside shoulder.

She ran off with the arrow slapping every tree around. Then it came out.

When I got down and found the arrow my zwickey delta wasn't on the glue insert. Just an arrow and the insert. She went pretty far through a pine thicket.

I trailed her forever it seemed with very little blood. It was a spot here and there. And then the blood trail stopped. I had been flagging the trail the whole way with orange tape.

I could not find 1 more drop of blood on my hands an knees. So I just looked where she came from and went 50yrds where I thought went. In a strait line. And I found her just over a small ridge. Pure luck.
But it was awesome. The arrow in the pic is not the one shot at the deer. The one I shot was missing the broadhead so I posted that one. I did find my Delta later in the shoulder bone. Just fine
Thanks again.

bretto · October 03, 2011, 09:55:00 PM

Nice job!!

wooddamon1 · October 03, 2011, 10:44:00 PM

Awesome!

hnt2mch · October 03, 2011, 11:08:00 PM

DW · October 03, 2011, 11:10:00 PM

CONGRATULATIONS!

Rooselk · October 04, 2011, 02:56:00 AM

Great story. Congrats on your first trad deer.

Thumper Dunker · October 04, 2011, 03:30:00 AM

Nice doe and bow . Cool stuff.

Osage61 · October 04, 2011, 04:46:00 AM

Well done! Congratulations

Three Finger · October 04, 2011, 05:25:00 AM

Thanks for all the kind words. Not sure about every one out there but do you feel bad a little. After taking an animal. I know I do. But I do understand that they need to be managed. I enjoyed every bit of the experience yesterday. I did feel bad about taking her. But I would do it agian in a minute.Its a very humbeling thing.

bill langer · October 04, 2011, 07:25:00 AM

Heck of a shot Jeff. CONGRATS!!

Hooper · October 04, 2011, 08:46:00 AM

Nice shooting and congrats on your first!!

BCWV · October 04, 2011, 08:53:00 AM

Nicely done! Congrates on your first.

macksdad · October 04, 2011, 09:07:00 AM

Nice shot congratulations

KentuckyTJ · October 04, 2011, 09:11:00 AM

FerretWYO · October 04, 2011, 10:10:00 AM

Congrats on your first.

straitera · October 04, 2011, 10:12:00 AM

Exciting hunt. Thanks for the good story & pix. Well done.

Gatekeeper · October 04, 2011, 01:10:00 PM

COngratulations!

bogeyrider63 · October 04, 2011, 01:13:00 PM

nice shot, congrats