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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: Torrent50 on September 07, 2014, 09:36:49 PM

Title: Lost my bowhunting virginity this weekend.
Post by: Torrent50 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.
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Post by: NW-GSP 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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Post by: demontang on September 07, 2014, 10:21:16 PM: Congrats :tup:
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Post by: Duffer on September 07, 2014, 10:27:33 PM: :yeah: :tup:
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Post by: Jrod79 on September 07, 2014, 11:29:22 PM: Congrats :tup:
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Post by: csaaphill 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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Post by: MLBowhunting on September 08, 2014, 07:22:05 AM: Nice job. Great buck. :tup:
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Post by: elkoholic1 on September 08, 2014, 08:34:00 AM: :tup:
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Post by: lamrith on September 08, 2014, 09:16:09 AM: Way to stick with it! Congrats.
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Post by: Elk Plain Taxidermy on September 08, 2014, 06:34:20 PM: Great job. Congrats.
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Post by: Turner89 on September 08, 2014, 06:40:52 PM: :tup: right on
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Post by: sakoshooter on September 09, 2014, 10:32:58 AM: Congrats. Like the story.
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Post by: beave on September 09, 2014, 06:13:22 PM: nice,congrats
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Post by: jasnt on September 09, 2014, 07:42:15 PM: Congrats. :tup: