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I thought it would be cool to see everyones first bowkills and hear the stories behind them.

This doe was my first bowkill. After a tough first season of bowhunting I shot a doe on the first day and we couldnt find her after looking for 9 hours. Then later on in the season I shoot at a buck and miss....It was a bad first season. My luck changed this year when I got this nice doe. She came into the field and was following a cat. The cat lead her right under my stand and she stood with her butt facing me for about 15 minutes. She finally turned broadside and I put my pin on her and let the arrow fly. I took out her liver and lungs with a slighty quartering away shot, and she only ran about 50 yards and fell.

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Nice doe!

My first bowkill was on October 17, 1977, a young 8 pointer. I was in a homemade treestand about 8 ft. high on the edge of a cornfield. I was watching a trail leading out to the field and a scrapeline about 15 yards into the woods, when the buck appeared about 8 AM. Shot him with my first compound bow.....a PSE Proficientcy. 60 lbs. using a Satellite broadhead. Man was I excited, but soon realized my season was over. Back then we were only allowed 1 permit per year and the deer population was not as big as it is now.

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Did you keep the cat? It could be useful.:D

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Very nice!! Mine was last year. After shooting at my 1st deer and missing, it was great to finally get mine about a week later. It was a bad hit (he jumped the shot) on a button buck but, I he only ran about 50 yards. I hit him in the back hip and hit the artary. Got lucky. Anyway nice to hear you connected and may there be many more in your future.

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Spike. Last day of the season that year. Had spooked a few does that morning at 20 yards. Shot my spike at 35 that evening. I was so damn excited!

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Mine was 10 years ago. button buck at about 7 am on a hot morning (mid 70's). I had an interview for the job of my dreams at 10 am. I barely had time to get to the interview. I didn't get the job and to this day blame it on shooting that deer. Gotta pass the blame somewhere.:eek:

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My first bowkill was last year on an early November day. It was a decent 4x3. I had a doe decoy positioned about 20yrd from my stand out in a picked field, i was doing some rattling when he came charging out of the timber on the other side of the field. Once he saw my doe decoy he put the brakes on and slowly began to circle around her to get downwind. He went into another grove of trees to my right and I had thought I lost him but then he suddenly appeared 10yd away right below my stand. He gave me the perfect broadside shot. I settled my pin on him and let the arrow fly. He honestly didnt go more than 10ft. It was amazing!! I climbed down and took no more than ten steps and there he was. To this day I am still amazed at how quickly he expired, im not lying whensay he was that close to my stand.

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Mine was in 2005 2nd time ever bowhunting. I had a friend that told me I could hunt his 35 acres until I arrived that morning on Oct 22, 2005. I saw a truck with 4 guys in it with muzzleloaders and my heart sank. It was the first day of Muzz season but no one else was supposed to be on the land. Apparently the land had just sold that led to my friend's land and it was the only access to my spot. I talked to the guys and there were already hunters in position so I told them no problem I just need a ridge or somewhere I can hunt facing west because of the wind. He told me about a trail on the river bottom off a rock cliff in this guys back yard. By now it was just starting to get light and I wasn't in a spot yet. So me and my neighbors boy who was 13 at the time walked to the only opening we could find between the tops of the trees on this ridge and just sat down to be quiet because the sun was coming up and we didn't want to spook anything. When it became light I looked down and saw a small trail by the rock cliff and one small rub. I let things settle down and then about 8:20a I started trying different calls. At 8:25a I tried the doe in estrus call since I knew the pre-rut was just starting. I heard something to my left and saw brown and I thought it was a squirrel in the tree because I had to look through the trees to see the ground. Next thing I know I see antlers. I could believe it. He walked right along the edge of that cliff straight to me. I was sitting in a fold out chair and started to draw as he went behind the tree next to me about to come into the clearing below me. I tried to put my pin on him but it was about 2 inches above him and I couldn't get it down. I looked down and my other arrow was still in the quiver on my bow and it was hitting the rock I was sitting on. I scraped it to get the bow pointing straight down and he heard it and stopped perfectly broadside. I pointed at the shoulder and hit my thumb release. I didn't even think I hit him until I saw the fletching sticking out as he ran off. I was shaking so hard, LOL. It was a miracle. You never know how a hunt is going to come together. He was a 1.5 year old 6 pt. He took 1 final leap off a rock towards the river and broke one side of his rack off. I never found it in the thick brush. I look back now and it was also a miracle that I found him because I shot him straight down into the shoulder muscle. It took and hour and a half of looking and prayer to find him. What a memory!

Here are a couple of pics of me and my neighbor Brian with the buck.

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My was a doe, I was 16, youth hunting in Iowa with my older brother. First night on stand with a bow in my arms and a doe comes in after not 30 minutes---I had to hold at full draw forever as she continued to angle toward us (over two minutes, my brother timed it, he knew I drew too early;))...I waited, finally she turned at 22 yards. My hit was right on, through the upper 1/2 of the lungs. She ran 20 yards stopped, walked about 10 more....then tipped over. I have been hooked ever since....and looking backi wish the whole hunt had been a little more difficult as it sort of ruined me for the next couple years,made me thinkit was really easy. Well that wore off[&:]

sorry, no digital pics of it....

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those are awesome guys....and gals!

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Mine was a Turkey fall of '95, and remains the only thing I've gotten with a bow. I actually don't think I've been bow hunting since. I'm attempting to get back into the sport now.

Anyway...
It was the last day of the season and I decided anything that came close was going down. I hit it at 35 yards and it didn't get very good penetration at all. Must of been some crappy broad heads. Anyway, it basically just went through the wing. I tracked it to a bush and it jumped out and ran to the top of a small hill. Shedding the arrow on the way. Picked up the arrow, ended up shooting it twice with the same arrow. The second shot penetraited all the way through it.

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1985 FORKHORN..Check the funky Camo out...

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My first bow kill was a squirrel, my second was rabbit, and I hope my third will be a deer.:)

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My first bowkill was a doe. I don't have a picture of it but here is my first buck with a bow taken approx 15 plus years ago.

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Poor deer your choking him.:D

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Here's a pic of the first bear i shot in Quebec..

Great Hunt.. 1989 the last night of the hunt.. Earlier in the week i had two differnt P&Y lurking but could not put it together..

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My first bow kill was early November of last season. I found an area in some thick pines that was just full of scrapes and rubs and the ground was all torn up with what looked like two bucks having a scuffle. I set my climberfor an evening huntjust on the edge of the pines with a scent wick soaked in Tinks about 20 yards away. I grunted in 3 does who came in behind my stand and walked up right underneath the tree I was in. I had passed up on two skippers earlier in the season so I was excited to get off my first shot. My inexperience showed as I tried to peak around the tree to take a look at them and got busted.

The evening was drawing to a close and I was feeling pretty bummed about messing up my chance to fill my doe tag. I gave another grunt and immediately heard two deer start running toward me hard from two different directions. The buck I shot though was the only one I got to see.

The next few moments was like something you would see on hunting shows. The buck stepped out of the pines with his lips curled and his nose in the air. He delibertly made his was towards my scent wick, all the while sniffing the air and the ground. He went behind some trees and I was able to draw my bow. He took one step into an opening and I pulled the trigger on my release. The buck jumped away behind the trees and started blowing pretty hard. He ran off about 50 yards and piled up. I was pretty juiced. My first bow deer and my first buck!

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congrats on your first kill i plan to post mine on next thursday which will be my first time out this year andmyfirst time bow hunting

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My first bow kill was in 1992 I believe it was Oct. 12th. I had been bowhunting for a couple of years and never killed one. It was my first time ever hunting from a treestand and for some reason I had a bad case of the hickups and couldnt get rid of them for the life of me. I thought for sure if anything came out in the been field it would hear me. Not 2 minutes after the hichups stopped a nice year and a half old 8 pionter stepped out and turned broadside at about 25 yards. I drew and settled the pin and released, I was stunned I had actualy hit him. The shot was a bit far back, solid liver. Trailed the deer for a couple hundered yards and found him piled up in the creek. Unfortunately I dont have a picture but I was as proud as could be. This will be my wifes first bow season so hopefuly Ill be able to post some pics of her and her first bowkill.

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My first bowkill was last year. First week in November and my first day hunting, I got into my stand at 5:00 AM and waited for the sun to come out. Shortly after sunrise a 13 point buck walked into the opening and I pulled back and took aim. I release the arrow and watched it hit the ground between the buck's feet. I was shocked! I refocused my eyes to see a small twig holding on by just a bit of bark. The buck walked into the tree line on the far side of the opening. I grunted and grunted trying to get him back, but all I got in return was an occassional blow response from the buck. Within 15 minutes and OLD 8 pointer walked into the opening and chased a doe right past me. The buck stopped less than 15 feet from me and stood there watching the doe. I stood up in the stand and took aim, then let her fly. The buck did a mule kick and then walked about 100 yards from me to lay down. After he laid down, I got down from the stand and walked over to where he had been standing. 20 feet past this point was my arrow all covered in blood and fat. 2 hours later, I walked over to where I watched him lay down and there he was. I was lucky, my second year bow hunting I dropped an old boy. Definately not a trophy, but his photo hangs on the wall of my den and his antlers hang on the mantle in the family room. I could shoot a world class buck tomorrow,but that rack and the memory of that first bow kill will never be topped.

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My first bow kill was a coon lol.....

My first bow deer was a big doe, which i'm proud of. My bow deer this year was a big 8 pointer......

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My first, second , an third all came on the same weekend years ago-(After about three years with one miss,,and one high hit nonrecovery)---Sat. morning deer blowed me--sat. afternoon killed first doe--Sun. morning killed second doe---Sun afternoon killed third doe--

I was extreemly lucky--hurricane came through flooded my area--just so happened my stand was on ridge!!!
The only food source left for miles!!!!