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Big Game Hunting => Bow Hunting => Topic started by: copasj on September 19, 2016, 09:29:09 PM

Title: Finally got my first archery deer
Post by: copasj on September 19, 2016, 09:29:09 PM: I've put about 5 seasons into archery hunting off and on and finally tagged one. Fork horn blacktail. I've got to say, blacktail seems to taste better than eastern whitetail.

Retrieval was hard though. I didn't find him until about midnight. Not as much of a blood trail as I get from a rifle, and the rain didn't help at all. I was trailing him by looking for blood on the bottoms of the fern leaves. Never did find the front half of the arrow, but I did find the back half about 10 yards from where I shot him. It was a double lung shot that got some arteries near the heart, but it did hit the knuckle between the should blade and upper leg on the way out. I'm thinking it would have passed through if I had missed the bone cleanly. Not going to complain though. I'm only shooting 54 lbs at 28" and I still got a hole in both sides despite striking a pretty big bone.

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Title: Re: Finally got my first archery deer
Post by: DaveMonti on September 19, 2016, 09:34:58 PM: pssst...there's a deere behind you...
Title: Re: Finally got my first archery deer
Post by: lokidog on September 19, 2016, 09:42:26 PM: Nice! Congratulations on getting it done.
Title: Re: Finally got my first archery deer
Post by: pope on September 19, 2016, 09:56:52 PM: Quote from: DaveMonti on September 19, 2016, 09:34:58 PM
pssst...there's a deere behind you...

Way to go! I'm still trying for an archery deer. And funny stuff DaveMonti. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Finally got my first archery deer
Post by: carpsniperg2 on September 19, 2016, 10:43:04 PM: Congrats
Title: Re: Finally got my first archery deer
Post by: h2ofowlr on September 19, 2016, 10:53:48 PM: Nice work. Any BT is a trophy as they can be a challenge to hunt.
Title: Re: Finally got my first archery deer
Post by: Becky on September 19, 2016, 11:27:31 PM: Congrats! Nice thick body on that one!
Title: Re: Finally got my first archery deer
Post by: skeeter 20i on September 20, 2016, 08:13:28 AM: Quote from: DaveMonti on September 19, 2016, 09:34:58 PM
pssst...there's a deere behind you...

I see what you did there. lol :chuckle:

Nice deer by the way, any animal taken with a bow is a trophy IMHO especially your first. :tup:
Title: Re: Finally got my first archery deer
Post by: pd on September 20, 2016, 10:33:48 AM: Quote from: Smossy's Girl on September 19, 2016, 11:27:31 PM
Congrats! Nice thick body on that one!

Not only that, he has a handful of horn!

Good job, it is nice to finally tag out after so many years of trying.
Title: Re: Finally got my first archery deer
Post by: djnoodle on September 20, 2016, 09:01:40 PM: Congrats on your first deer with a bow! And being a Blacktail buck makes it really cool too!

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Title: Re: Finally got my first archery deer
Post by: Mark251 on September 20, 2016, 09:04:03 PM: Nice! Congratulations :tup:
Title: Re: Finally got my first archery deer
Post by: pianoman9701 on September 21, 2016, 06:32:56 AM: Congratulations on a nice first archery deer! :tup:
Title: Re: Finally got my first archery deer
Post by: MLBowhunting on September 21, 2016, 07:15:11 AM: :tup:
Title: Re: Finally got my first archery deer
Post by: HuntinCrazy on October 07, 2016, 09:33:42 PM: :tup: great feeling isn't it :IBCOOL: good job
Title: Re: Finally got my first archery deer
Post by: gavinboone on October 29, 2016, 02:37:41 PM: Congratulations!
Title: Re: Finally got my first archery deer
Post by: elkrack on October 29, 2016, 10:18:31 PM: Nice buck!