1st Deer with a Bow
10-18-2002, 03:06 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Holland MI USA
Posts: 91
1st Deer with a Bow
Well it happened, 3rd year of bowhunting and I bagged my first. Bow season opens on Oct 1 here in Michigan, I had the whole week off to hunt. Saw plenty of deer all week but nothing to shoot at.
Sunday AM at 8:30 a doe walks in 25 yard out, I just happened to be standing, which helped, waited till she turned broadside, and wham. Good shot.
I got a little excited and began tracking but 500 yards, across one stream later I was gutting out my first deer with a bow.
Man I was pumped. Still am.
Hunting soothes the soul
Sunday AM at 8:30 a doe walks in 25 yard out, I just happened to be standing, which helped, waited till she turned broadside, and wham. Good shot.
I got a little excited and began tracking but 500 yards, across one stream later I was gutting out my first deer with a bow.
Man I was pumped. Still am.
Hunting soothes the soul
10-18-2002, 03:42 PM
#3
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Piedmont OK USA
Posts: 839
RE: 1st Deer with a Bow
Ausie's right. That will be the hardest. Now you are the sacred circle. Did you cruise over to Ted's place to shoot it "in the spirit of the wild"?
Congrats again and don't be afraid to post pics. He's a trophy to you.
Edited by - sooner_hunter on 10/18/2002 16:43:18
Congrats again and don't be afraid to post pics. He's a trophy to you.
Edited by - sooner_hunter on 10/18/2002 16:43:18
10-18-2002, 04:01 PM
#4
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Palmyra PA USA
Posts: 292
RE: 1st Deer with a Bow
Fantastic! Nothing builds hunting confidence like having actually killed game with a bow. You must be thrilled!
Just one word of advise. A sharp knife works far easier for field dressing than "gutting out [your] first deer with a bow". <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>
Just one word of advise. A sharp knife works far easier for field dressing than "gutting out [your] first deer with a bow". <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>
10-18-2002, 05:04 PM
#5
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: chiefland Florida USA
Posts: 5,417
RE: 1st Deer with a Bow
congrats. to you on the first,and as said the hardest.
"You Done Did Good"<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_approve.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
I am not a hunter I am a whitetail population reduction specialest
remember keep your back to the sun, your knife sharp, and your powder dry.
"You Done Did Good"<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_approve.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
I am not a hunter I am a whitetail population reduction specialest
remember keep your back to the sun, your knife sharp, and your powder dry.