So here is my story. This is my first year bow hunting deer, by way which I'm now totally hooked on. I bought a Bowtech Mighty Mite back in the summer and have been preparing for my first "bow deer" ever since.

This past thur. afternoon my buddy and I get in the woods around 2pm. He goes his way and I go mine. I climb my tree which is over looking a swamp with some major trails and sign in it. I am sitting quiet for about and hour and a half when I see this young spike walk through. He is however a bit out or range and behind a bunch of limbs and brush so I don't shoot. About 20 mins. later he comes back through from the opposite direction this time offering a better shot so I decide to grunt at him to stop him draw and shoot. Well he came to attention and by the time I releassed the arrow he was on the move. It was about a 35 yd. miss.

Now I decide to go get my arrow and verify that I actually did miss. When I found my arrow I bring it up to look at it and 20 yds a way a nice 8 pointer is coming in. So I hunker down nock and arrow and come back up ready to shoot. Crap he is gone disappeared in to a thicket but atleast he didn't see me.

Now it is too dark to really hunt anymore so I go home and prepare for tommorow.

I get in the woods a little earlier today because I want to move my stand a little further don into the swamp and set up on the 8 pts. trail. So I'm settled in my stand by 2 pm. again. I'm there for about and hour when I hear something behind me, I peek over my right shoulder and here comes the 8 pt., now my heart is beating out of my chest and the bad thing is he is coming in the opposite direction from where I saw him coming yesterday. Now it gets tricky. I have to stand spin almost 360 degrees to get in posistion for a shot. Well it all came together and I set my 20 yd pin on his vitals and release when he enter a clearing between 2 branches. It's a hit and he takes off running about 20 yds and then slows down to a limp. I thinking yes I got a good hit. Watched where he went off to until out of sight and then waited about 30 min. Climb down and go look for my arrow which I found in about 10 min. 3/4 of it is submerged in marsh but I find hair on the blades and blood on the vanes. This is good I pick up the blood trail after about 20 yds and folow it another 100 at which it totally stops. I walk around for another 1 1/2 hours but can't find anything.

That night I called my buddy and convinced him to come help look in the rain on Sat. we look for 2 more hours a couldn't find anything. So I lost my first "bow deer" and it was a nice buck. I am so distraught. Sorry for the long story but thats what it took to tell it properly. Thanks if you read this.