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Offline Torrent50

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Lost my bowhunting virginity this weekend.
« on: September 07, 2014, 09:36:49 PM »
I got my first animal with my bow this weekend while elk hunting.  We were sitting on a ridge where the elk had come thru the day before and I heard something walking our way.  I looked over, expecting the elk, but saw a line of deer instead.  There were 4 bucks, 2 does, and 1 fawn that I saw and they were all playing follow the leader my way.
 
I drew and waited for the lead buck to get into my shooting lane.  When he got there, I didn’t trust my range estimation (mistake number 1).  I let it fly and watched the luminok as it sailed clean over his back and off into oblivion as the buck ran off. 

I was beating myself up for that mistake when I realized the rest of the train was still coming along.  I nocked another arrow and drew.  When the second buck got into the same shooting lane, I corrected for my range mistake and released.  Naturally, this one went right under his belly.  He spun and went back the way he came.  Arrow number 2 gone.

I actually put my bow down and put my head down in frustration.  When I looked up I saw one of the does staring at me and saw that that second buck had turned around and was coming back for more.  I nocked a third arrow and waited until he got back near the lane and drew again.  The third time was a charm and this one hit hard.  He spun again and headed off with the rest of the bunch.

Turned out to be a very difficult track after the first 75 yards (thank god my buddies were there or I would never have found him).  We finally tracked him down only to have him jump up again.  We gave him a few minutes and found him about 20 yards away.   Unfortunately I got him thru the liver so it wasn’t as quick and clean as I would have liked.

It felt good to finally notch a tag.
"when you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."  Friedrich Nietzsche

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Re: Lost my bowhunting virginity this weekend.
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2014, 09:40:20 PM »
Congrats!. Also good to hear someone be honest. Not very many guys admit to getting a bad shot placement.

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Re: Lost my bowhunting virginity this weekend.
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2014, 10:21:16 PM »
Congrats  :tup:

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Re: Lost my bowhunting virginity this weekend.
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2014, 10:27:33 PM »
 :yeah:   :tup:
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Re: Lost my bowhunting virginity this weekend.
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2014, 11:29:22 PM »
Congrats  :tup:

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Re: Lost my bowhunting virginity this weekend.
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2014, 12:58:04 AM »
Nice and grats been there done that bow hunting.
Had em jump up and miss just under their belly. had em sail way over their head so ya cool beanz!
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Re: Lost my bowhunting virginity this weekend.
« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2014, 07:22:05 AM »
Nice job.  Great buck.   :tup:
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Re: Lost my bowhunting virginity this weekend.
« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2014, 08:34:00 AM »
 :tup:

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Re: Lost my bowhunting virginity this weekend.
« Reply #8 on: September 08, 2014, 09:16:09 AM »
Way to stick with it!  Congrats.

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Re: Lost my bowhunting virginity this weekend.
« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2014, 06:34:20 PM »
Great job. Congrats.
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Re: Lost my bowhunting virginity this weekend.
« Reply #10 on: September 08, 2014, 06:40:52 PM »
 :tup:  right on
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Re: Lost my bowhunting virginity this weekend.
« Reply #11 on: September 09, 2014, 10:32:58 AM »
Congrats. Like the story.
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Re: Lost my bowhunting virginity this weekend.
« Reply #12 on: September 09, 2014, 06:13:22 PM »
nice,congrats

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Re: Lost my bowhunting virginity this weekend.
« Reply #13 on: September 09, 2014, 07:42:15 PM »
Congrats. :tup:
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