Late quality archery hunt!

[martin1]

I was drawn for the late quality quilomene archery hunt! I saw some good bucks before it opened on the 20th of November. Well the first day was a bust but we did find a good buck with only minutes of light left so I let him walk. I went back the next day to a nasty storm that moved in and dumped 3-4 inches of snow. the storm broke over night and the deer where up moving. I climbed to the top of the ridge and was working into the wind with my dad.he was just above me and he spotted a doe. So I carefully moved in knowing a buck could be there. As I'm working in her direction I spot his antler and know it is the one I saw in the evening of the first night. So I knock an arrow and slowly work toward him. He gets up to chase a spike buck off and Is walking away. I put a small pine between him and I. I got to the tree and looked around it and there he is, broadside looking at me. I ranged him at 52 yards. I practice to 65 all the time so I felt comfortable with the shot. I come to full draw settle the pin behind the shoulder and let it fly. My arrow disappears and he jumps, I watch as he slowly walks down the hill. Realizing that I hit just a hair behind where I was aiming I start to follow him. He goes 80 yards and beds down. My dad comes up to where I am and I told him what happened. We decide to give him some time. 30 minutes goes by and he still has his head up so I decided to sneak in and finish him. I got to 20 yards and hit him once more and it was over. I just got my first archery deer!! And got to hunt a unit I'd been waiting 13 years to hunt! He's 24 inches outside and a rough green score of 164" ]

[martin1]

[GoldenOscar]

Great deer.....that's going to be one heck of a hard one to top if its your first archery deer......nice job.

[mkcj]

That's a great buck

[coachcw]

great buck congrats

[blindpig]

   Good shootin, dang nice buck!!

[mfswallace]

 

[boneaddict]

That's a pretty buck.  Fantastic for archery and out of this world for your first one. 

[starbailey]

Very nice buck!

[muleyslayer]

Nice deer

[trytough]

NICE BUCK!!!

[blackveltbowhunter]

Wowza..... Great buck. WTG 

[jackelope]

Really nice buck, especially for your first with a bow.  Congrats and thanks for sharing

[Woodchuck]

Great job. Thanks for the pics. 

[cedarriver]

 Wow great  first deer and buck! Congrats!! Sure on the score? Looks bigger!