first year bowhunting I got a button buck and I had shot a nice 8 point and a nice 7 point with a shotgun before I started bowhunting

It took me 7 yrs to finally bag a whitetail with a bow after numerous encounters with em. the first was a doe, and then the following weekendI shot a 9 pt from the same stand

I hunted for like 3 years with a old Bear compound and never got close to a whitetail. Then I got my Merlin and the 2nd night in the stand with the new bowI shot a 6 pointer and my life hasn't been the same since. Also have bagged a 150 class whitetail since then and 3 other bucks.

1rst yr. nice doe with shotgun. 15yrds. nothing with bow
2nd yr. nothing with shotgun wounded a little buck with bow. [:@]
3rd yr. 5pt with shotgun nothing with bow
4th yr. nothing with shotgun 3pt with the bow 5yds.

First Year with a shotgun: Nothing
Second Year with a shotgun: Nothing
First Year with a bow: 145 class whitetail

I'm still working on it. This was my second year with a bow and I never hunted with a gun before so it has been a learning process.

first year hunting with a bow 13 years old shot abutton buck with a 45# bow.

I hunted for 2 years before hunting with a bow and killed my biggest buck with a gun. I have killed more deer with my gun than i have with my bow.

Took me 4 years before i shoot a deer with my bow. This year was first time buck I took with a bow
My son dropped a button buck in his tracks with a bowthe first time he went hunting period.
I get just as big a grin on my face, everytime I think about it, as the day he shot it.

I shot two does this year which was my first time bowhunting in 18 years. Our club rule is that any buck that is shot must be mounted professionally so I passed on a number of small bucks.