First archery deer!!
 

Friday morning started off with a long sit, 5 hours to be exact, in some open timber with two deer sightings. One was just a flash of brown at about 100 yards and the second was a buck that busted me blowing on the grunt tube. All I saw of him was a few flashes of horns and tail while he scampered away. After lunch I decided to head to a new spot with numerous trails and a few rubs. After humping my climber about a mile through the woods I found a decent tree to climb and proceeded to hang a few Tinks soaked scent wicks. While untangling my haul rope I look up to see a nice eight point coming across the hill side about 50 yards off. We both proceeded with the stare down while I slowly retrieved my bow and he eventually turned and walked back up the hill. It took a few more minutes but I made up the tree and settled in for a nice evening hunt in unseasonable 65 degree weather. One tip of my Primos can and few soft grunts on the tube I leaned back to enjoy the sites. I wasn’t five minutes when I heard the snap of twigs. This area was very thick and visibility is limited to 40 yards in some directions. I could just start to see some movement in the brush. At 40 yards a six point stepped out and kept coming towards me. Every couple of steps he’d pick his nose up to test the wind and I only hoped that he picked the Tinks and not my sweat soaked camo. Finally at about thirty yards I was able to stand and come to full draw. I let the arrow rip and he dropped like a sack of potatoes. I had hit him high and in the spine. I quickly gathered my thoughts; let my heart slow to below 200 and came down the tree to finish him. I estimated his distance at 30 yards and he was more like 25 yards. All in all it was a great day to be in the woods and the best part was bringing a buck home to show my kids (all of which are still to young to hunt). I hope every one enjoys the pictures.



Oh yeah, I didn't hunt in blue jeans, pictures was taken after I carried my gear to my truck, changed and then returned to the deer.

RE: First archery deer!!
 

Awesome man, Congratulations. That's great to hear. The first archery deer was such a reliever to me. It fealt like I had a weight lifted off of my shoulders. Great to hear and once again congratulations.

RE: First archery deer!!
 

Congrat on your first bow buck....you have the fever now!

RE: First archery deer!!
 

Awesome! Bringing it home for the kids to "inspect" is one of my favorite parts, they are the first ones I think about after harvesting a deer, I can't wait to get home and show them!

Congrats on the first bow buck! It's the best kind of addiction to have! :)

RE: First archery deer!!
 

Congratulations on your first one!

RE: First archery deer!!
 

Congrats

RE: First archery deer!!
 

Very cool, its nice to not have to track them!

RE: First archery deer!!
 

Congrats on a nice deer. You are addicted now. Luckily there is no cure.

RE: First archery deer!!
 

Nothing quiet like it - congrats!;)

RE: First archery deer!!
 

Great work on your first.

RE: First archery deer!!
 

Nice deer you got. Congratulations!

Stay out of the open woods and hunt the thick stuff. That's often overlooked because guys like to see the landscape while in reality the deer spend the vast majority of their time in the thickets IMO. Not as good of a view, but you'll get better results just as you have this season. Congrats again.

RE: First archery deer!!
 

That's about what I did. In this case the thick stuff was a lot of sappling trees and briars. It was an area that had been clear cut sometime ago with a very defined line between the new growth and the old growth. None of the new growth had trees big enough to climb. I set up within ten yards of the line overlooking the new growth. It has a well defined hiking trail running through it. My spot gave me the opportunity to watch down the trail as well as into the thick stuff. This deer came up parallel to the hiking trail from the thickets.

RE: First archery deer!!
 

Congrats on the first.

RE: First archery deer!!
 

Good job Ptrbilt!! The first one is always sweet!!!