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Not what I was hoping for. To be honest I would have taken a pass on her if I had a chance to size her up, but I don’t feel bad about taking the shot. Everything happened so fast. I had positioned myself between two trees in some brush. There was tall grass in front of me about fifteen feet away, and a little clearing to the right. I was concentrating on the area surrounding the clearing, when the rustle of brush and grass caught my attention. I looked over and could see the tail of the deer running and fast, coming my way. I fumbled around to get my release hooked up and drew back. When the fawn came out of the grass fifteen feet away all I could see is her head in my peep, I must have come down just a little when I released the arrow. The arrow entered the base of her neck and came out her back, she was about seven feet from me. Only after the shot did I realize she was a fawn, she tried to run but only got about twenty feet and fell. Holy sh*t! she was running right at me. I said that about a dozen times before getting control of myself. This is not how I pictured my first kill, everything was different. At first I felt a little ashamed[&o] for taking a fawn, but after a successful field dress,(another first) and thinking about how everything went down, I’m glad I took the shot. I did’nt choke, and it was a good learning experience.

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Congratulations on your first deer, hunting from the grounds adds a whole new twist to deer hunting.
Did you ever figure out what she was running from?

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No but she sure was running fast, somthing spooked her.

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Congrats on your first deer! Now you're a killer.;)Since you got lucky with that shot, you should think more about shot selection. That wasn't a shot you should have taken.[:'(] I hope you realize that.

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I do realize that, but shewas right in front of me andI had no other shot.

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Just claim self defence.


And think about it , its hard to hit "To far back" from that angle.;)

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congrats on the first deer man it will get alot more addicting after this one
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Perfect eating. Congrats with your first deer.

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Thanks guys! This is all new to me, I didn’t grow up hunting, I’m 40 now, and this is my third season, first season bow hunting. Everything I have learned came from other hunters and reading a lot. I wish I had taken this up twenty years ago.

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Nice job Jon!! It's a great feeling but it looks like you learned a few things as well. I know exactly what you mean when you say it wasn't how you envisioned your first kill.
Death is a dirty business as you know and they don't all drop as dead as a stone. I am sure you learned that patience is a hard thing to come by. I personally think you took a fine deer and you should be VERY proud of yourself.

I always like to hear how your first field dressing went. Did you retch and get dry heaves. Were you enveloped in the steam of a hot gut pile?? How did you do on the butt?

If you have not taken her to the butcher yet you should clean her up a bit and have someone take a pic with you in it. Good pictures will make your trophy last forever. Maybe send the hide out to get tanned. Will cost about $30.00 but worth every penny. I send mine to WB Place but off hand I forget where they are.

I can remember 20 plus years ago having a real nice8 pt. coming in with his nose to the ground. I flung an arrowat that beast without a thought at all and missed by yards. Fun ain't it??

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I did ok with the field dressing I used a Wyoming knife on the gut and most of the cutting. The cut around the anis was not that bad. I could see it being worse if it was a gut shot or hit the blather. I did forget my latex gloves at home, so my hands where a bloody mess. I did not get a picture of myself and yes she is already being butchered.

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Congrats on your First.

Each Kill is a chance to learn. This is your First, and I'm sure you learnt something from taking this one. And Like someone else mentioned, it will be very good eating.

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[quote]ORIGINAL: GTD

I do realize that, but shewas right in front of me andI had no other shot.
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Hey bud, congratulations on your first deer. That is an awesome feat. Not tryin to rain on your parade or take anything away from your deer, but be careful with shots like that, they are not high percentage. Sometimes if you don't have the right shot angle it is best to just wait for the animal to turn or to pass up the deer altogether. I don't want to come off like i am preaching to you, just don't want to see you lose a big buckby taking a very marginal shot. Best of luck to you this season bud, you have the bug now and there is NO CURE.;)

Shane

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Congrats on your first, everything worked out so you should be proud. I remember my first deer i was shaking like a leaf afterwords, i mean shaking! Congrats again!

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[quote]ORIGINAL: sr77

[quote]ORIGINAL: GTD

I do realize that, but shewas right in front of me andI had no other shot.
I’m always open to constructive criticism, like I said I am new at this, so any advice would be appreciated. The last thing I want to do is wound a deer and not be able to recover it. If a similar situation comes up in the future I will be ready to make a better decision.

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This is the only pic I have showing the exit wound.

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Congrats GTD !

I just started last year at 45 and feel the same way :D

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congrats

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Awesome, first deer. I hope i get a chance 7th-8th. Cant wait!