I have taken 6 bucks and 1 doe with a bow in 9 years of bow hunting. My first buck ever was with a bow after hunting with a shotgun for 5 years and seeing nothing but does.

I have taken 2 bucks one year and been skunked 3 years. I was skunked last year, but the year before shot an 8pt buck, tom turkey with a 7" beard and a red fox. Nice trifecta!

Edit to add...one of the years I was skunked I hit and lost 2 deer. The only 2 I haven't recovered.