First BOWKILL!!!
 

So there I was with my best friend. In the tall grass, looking out to a small clearing 35yds wide. Apple tree to the right, but out of range. We are parked on the side of a highly trafficed trail leading to the apples. 6AM. No action at all for a few hours. I stand up slowly to stretch, and see a doe eating apples! How the hell did she get there?!?!

(Extreme stupidity is about to happen).So of course she sees me, and perks right up. I stand still for a minute, and then duck back down. My buddy stands up. I yank him down. So now we are wondering what she is doing, so I stand up. She is walking toward us on the trail and will soon be 20 yds away. I duck back down, my buddy stands up and she perks up again. He panicks and ducks back down. Wondering why he ducked back down, I stand up. She is staring at us. So I duck back down. All of a sudden she comes trotting through in front of us and before I can stand up she goes behind some bushes. So we are both standing there again like a couple of fools, when she comes out from behind the bushes. I draw my bow and she looks straight at me. lol. there I am, waiting for her to turn, completely panicked and shaking like a leaf. She turns, I pull the release, and the arrow sticks into a tree 5 yds in front of her. She is gone.

Well, we went out to breakfast, had one beer, shot the **** for a while, and then came back. We discussed our stupidity and were ready to try again.

Sitting in the field again, at about 12pm. There is an old broken down barn with the walls leaning in and the far end toward the woods the end gable wall is still standing alone. I send Ryan up there with binos to look into the woods and at the apple tree to make sure we know when one is coming. Very slowly he makes his way up to the peak of the roof (which is only about 10 feet off the ground). He spots for a while and we sit. 1:25PM- he makes his way over to the end of the barn, thinking he will look through the window (remember the end wall is standing alone). When he makes it there, he starts signaling like crazy. There is the same doe standing on the other side of the wall!

I make my way to about 5 yds from the side of the barn and slowly creep to the end. When I get there, I poke my head around the corner and she perks right up. There is plenty of 5 foot grass in between us, so I know she only saw the tip of my hat move. So, I stand still until she goes back to browsing. I duck down and take two steps forward. If I stand up now, she will notice me. Well, she turns around and stands there facing away from me at a 45 degree angle. Perfect. Draw, aim, passthrough! 10 yards! She kicks the back legs, jumps over a burm, and crashes not 20 yards away. TOTALY REDEEMED OURSELVES!

Time of death was 1:30, taken back to the workshop and skinned by 2:15, in the cooler on ice at 3:30.

SWEET!!

I am aware of the manlaw, and pics are coming as soon as they get from my phone to my email.

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Sweet! Sounds like a good time there. Congrads on the first! Now get those pics up! Or you know what will come.....

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Congrats on your first kill this is my first season hunting bow also so hopefully Saturday i can make the same post with pics of course.

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Congrats!

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good jod man,thats more than i killed this year so far.

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Congrats and nice shot:D

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Congrats man. Is that the first deer you've skinned too;)

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good looking doe. Congrats

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OH MY GOD, IT WAS HILARIOUS. Freakin hair everywhere! I washed every cut of meat in the shop sink. The hide ended up coming off in rags.
I've got deer in the past with a gun, but I've always brought it directly to the butcher. Figured as I am taking the hard way to make the kill by using a bow, I might as well take the hard way to butcher it too. [&:]

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Did ya ever think that some people are TOO honest?!?!?!!? LOL

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Ha! Nice! :D

Yeah when I cut mine up I usually cut the legs with a saw at the joint and don't leave the whole legs attached and the hide comes off in one big piece!

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You know, If this thread were in any other forum on the net, some ******* would have said something to insult me. This is why I love this place. No insults, just advice. Makes it really easy to be honest!

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Did anyones else notice this. LOL Beer for breakfast? I would hate to see whats for dinner. LOL Congrats on the deer

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Just wait a little bit .... I'm sure it's coming ;) Congrats on your first, bro :)

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Congrats on your first deer....LOL at the story, I can almost picture what you two looked liked duringthe first encounter, in the tall grass,like that "Wack-A-Mole" game at Chucky Cheese's.

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My thoughts exactly. That was a good read and a great way to start my day. You almost had me in tears!

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Now that sounds like a good day hunting!:D

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Nice doe. Congrats.

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Way to go!! The more you do the more you learn!

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Why you say that Tony? Great story I thought!!

Congratulation's on your 1st bow kill. The skinning will get easier as well.[8D]

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hahah...updownupdownupdown she prolly shought u were acoupla woodchucks

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I loved the story! :DI was laughin my butt off!!! I just know how some guys are and I was waiting for someone to flame him about something .....

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I got ya!!;) I know how some guys are too!!

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Welcome to the club. Congratulations.

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Congrats on your first bow deer....I was thinking the same thing...

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Congrats! Awesome story.

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that was a funny story. Congrats on the doe

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congratulations i know how you feel i just got my first bowkill yesterday morning :)

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congrats on your first!

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Congrats, good job

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You will never forget this one. And you will never get another first one, enjoy and congrats.

But buy yourself a skinning video!:D

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Dude, your story was hilarious, i was bustin up. I was sitting here thinking if one of my friends was jumpin up and down like that while hunting with me i would have smacked him upside his head lol. Anyway, congrats, that is awesome.

Shane

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Congrats, you never forget your first one!

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Good work, congratulations! That is what my first 5 deer looked like when I skinned them...had no one to teach me, just did it.....it will get easier.