A few weeks ago in the early archery doe season in PA, I shot my first deer with a compound bow. I am 15 years old and asked for a bow for the past Christmas after previously hunting with a crossbow ( I hunt in unit 2B where crossbows are legal ) in archery where I successfully harvested 3 deer. When i walked into the woods and to my stand I kicked out 3 does that were right under my stand and I was very frusturated because I figured that no more deer would be back to my stand that night. With the squirrels and chipmunks running around everywhere, everything sounds like a deer so I started to not even look when I heard something ,thinking it wasa squirrel. I finally turned to my left and saw this doe by herself with her head down eating andwalking right towards me. I immediately stood up and grabbed my bow off the hanger and snapped my release on. I was hoping the doe would continue to work her way on the trail she was on which gave me a great shot, however she turned and started to go behind me so I had to act fast. I saw an opening in front of her,right before she walked in front of the tree before the opening I saw, I drew back and as soon as her vitals were seen I pulled the trigger, placing the rage 3 blade behind her shoulder, making her fall and struggle untill I saw her drop 20 yards away. She is a little doe but I am still excited and this experience makes me look more forward to seeing and hopefully tagging a PA buck.
First bow kill
