The First deer I ever shot with a bow was a doe, I was sitting in an oak tree on a Big limb. Shot her right in the shoulder bone, arrow bounced back out and layed on the ground! When I inspected the arrow, the Broadhead (a Bodkin) was wrinkled up like a wash board!! Doe not recoverd. The next week I shot an 8pt out of the same Tree. That was 1967, equipment was Plad shirt, Blue Jeans, leather boots, 50# bear recurve, Wood Arrows, and Bodkin broadhead.

First deer was a 70lb doe. I was such a rookie that i had no idea how high to get in a tree, i was only about 8 feet up. She comes trotting in, and i had no idea how to make her stop walking so i just aimed in my shooting lane and when i seen hair i released( sounds crazy now) The arrow hit her in the spine and dropped her. I was shaking so bad i had to grab the tree to keep from falling out lol.

Mature 8pt Missouri buck taken with a .243 many, many years ago. That deer never took another step...dropped in his tracks after the shot. Not only my first deer, but best deer to date.

my first deer was a 9 point buck in oct 1982i had been following since august that year....took him with a 9 yard shot that cut the arteries off the top of his heart and ran bout 25 yards and rolled up in full run....dressed out and 180 lbs at the check station scale.............bob

My first deer ever was my biggest buck to date until just this past Saturday: an 8 point that dressed out at 145 lbs, with a bow of course

Shot it in November of 1999:

Fall of 2005. Quiety stalk hunting with my buddies shotgun. Button buck came outta nowhere, blasted him. No pics unfortunatly. No luck since then yet!!