I got my first buck with a bow!
 

My season opened Saturday and I went out for most of the day and didn't see a single buck. I saw 15 does though, so I thought maybe the bucks wern't in the rut yet, so I headed out to a diffrent stand Sunday morning before light and sat for about 25 minutes and then it started getting light out. 30 minutes went by and I didn't see anything but a squirrel, then I could hear somthing walking up behind me... A forked horn buck with his neck all puffed up comming into the doe urine I put out. I'm not a trophy hunter especially cause I have never got a deer with my bow before, so I got ready for a shot... Well... He kept on walking and wouldn't stop, so finally I made a grunt sound and he stopped so I put the pin on him and pulled the trigger to my realease... The buck ducked the arrow at 25 yards! and he took off running... I got another arrow ready just incase and about 45 seconds later from the other direction, another forked horn buck was headed my way, so I got ready for another shot... he came right up to the doe urine and stopped at 20 yards broadside. I had been drawin back on him for about 30 seconds already, so I was starting to get a little shakey. I put the pin on him and shot! It looked like a good shot! I waited for about 30 minutes and then started tracking him. I got on his trail and followed it for about 60 yards and then there was just no blood at all... I started doing big circles but had no luck... after an hour of looking I called my brother and had him bring our labrador retriever over... He got right on the trail and about where I lost the blood the dog started heading right for the creek. We followed him all the way down to the edge of the water and then he put his head high in the air and was looking out in the creek and smelling like there was somthing out there. We both were looking and then we saw a forked antler and a ear sticking out of the water so we got the deer! My first buck with a bow!

and yes, it is a blacktail deer.

good job - welcome to the brotherhood son

congrats on your first buck with a bow

thanks guys!

Graet job!!!!! Nice first buck!!!!!

Congrats on your first buck with your bow!!! Looks like a mule deer to me, lol. Now you can go after something bigger next time, now that you have your first buck under your belt. Congrats again!!!!

Congratulations on your first.
Chris

That's a great story. Congratulations!

Congrats on your first bow buck!!! Great dog you have there :)

way to go...good first blacky for sure....Nice to see someone got one this year!

Thanks guys!

HAHA Yeah, a whitetail or something lol!

HAHA He actually is a fat labrador... probably weighs 110... He doesn't like to retrieve anything, but we finally found something that he is good at LOL!

Congrats!!

Atta boy!!!

Congrats

Ole JW!

Awesome, congrats on a great deer, and never let anyone make you feel bad for not being a trophy hunter. All deer are tophies, some just have bigger antlers.

Thanks, HAHA Yeah... I haven't had anyone tell me that yet, but thats right all deer are trophies with a bow!

Thanks again man!

Thanks JVA and JW!!

congrats on a fine buck and thanks for the great story and pictures

Way to go! I'd toss that Lab a little chunk of venison for a treat! My lab loves to hang out when I'm cutting up deer, lol. Maybe one day he'll earn his keep like yours did!

Good job little man....you should of done this last year, you know to help out our team!!!! LOL CONGRATS!

Wow! That's quite a great accomplishment and I'm sure it's just the first of many deer you'll take with your bow. Great job and congratulations!

Nice first buck!

Congrads on your first. love those brown antlers!!!! Might wanna get a bigger kwiver for future hunts! Good luck

Nice Job!!!

Congrats, beautiful pictures!

congrads with your buck!!!!! do you have any pics of the buck in the water if you do that would be great to post it.

good deal man:biggrin: