Finally got my first bow kill!!!
 

I' m 16 and I have been hunting for three years know. I have gotten 4 deer with a gun but I just couldn' t get one with a bow. Well two or three nights ago I was sitting in my stand I shot right over the back of a big doe. However just last night a buck came in and I shot and dropped it in its tracks. I don' t know why I' m shooting so high but I was aiming low on this one. Also this shoot entered about 6 inches below the back? I' m using rocket steelheads and the package said that they can bust through bone if they have to, but they will try to go around bone if they can. I' m thinking it would have been a perfect double lung but the broadhead hit a rib or something and bounced up into the spine? Any ideas what could have happened. Well anyways it is my biggest buck to date it is a big six point. This deer has like 6 or 7 inch g2s and the spread is probably 15 or 16 outside. This deer also has a lot of mass. I think i' m going to get this one mounted because its my first bowkill and it is a really big buck for the area. Well i' m excited, but I have used all of my buck tags this year and gun season hasn' t opened! This may sound funny but I have been trying really hard to get a doe and I cannot get one! I have gotten 5 bucks and 0 does. So I get to hunt the rest of the year for strictly does and hopefully can break this curse. -Sam

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Congrats on your first bow kill, I do have a question, do you pratcie with your broadheads, this could be why you are shooting high if you don' t.

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Congrat' s man ......that' s awesome !! Tazman is right .......have you practiced with them ???
I tried Steelheads years ago and didn' t like them....... a few observations I made.........

1. They were the only expandable I ever have used that shot differently than my field points. My steelheads shot a little high !

2. I think (by design) they are noisy and 3 out of 3 deer I shot at ducked. Never had another deer duck with any other broadhead with that particular bow set up.

I know plenty of people use them with no trouble ......and many deer are taken with them (I' ve even seen some) but the above..... and the fact that the threads are too short on them , is my experience with them !!

Good luck and way to go.......I would get that deer mounted if I were in your shoes !! :D

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Are you bending at the waist? If you are not this will cause you to shoot high.

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Congrats Nuge. Just curious, are you hunting the rockford area?

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great job, i would get the deer mounted if i were you. not everyone can say that they killed a nice buck with there bow. nonetheless, there first deer with a bow.:D

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Congrats Sam !

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congrats.....
maybe you are lifting your head as soon as you leave go and lifting your bow....
try to follow through just as if you were shooting targets... and believe me its harder to do when you are shooting at a deer, you have the old adrenaline and nerves to deal with which can play a big part.............

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Yes I' m hunting the rockford area. I shot my steelheads and they hit dead center. I practice from a tree and bend at the waist but I don' t think about that when I' m shooting at a deer. I aimed in the lower third of the deer. It could have ducked, im not sure.

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Congratd Nuge, got any pics?

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Way to go Nuge...alot of good input regarding hitting high too!

What may have happed on the instant drop of the deer, is that rib may have broken and shot up into the spine. Either way, congrats!

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congrats on the kill.


go deep hunt hard.;)

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Hey, Congrats on your first bow kill!! That is great, and i bet it will be an excellent mount.

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There is something special about a bowkill.

Congratulations!

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congrats!!!!!!:)

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Congrats!

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Congrats! Practice from your stand and you won' t shoot high! Great job! Good Luck on the next one!

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I do practice from my stand. I always shoot a little high but not this high! I' ll practice some more and see whats going on. Or maybe I' ll just aim a little lower next time. I think it was good i missed that doe because I might not have gone out to get this buck or I might have gotten scent all over if and it would have scared this deer away. Thanks for all of the input, I think i' m not bending at the waist when I' m shooting the real deal.

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Congratulations! Can we see a pic???

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I would like to post a pic but my scanner doesn' t work with our new windows xp program[:' (]

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Good Job[:-]