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Well, I had to get you guys to look one way or another. ;)

After 18 years of rifle/muzzleloader hunting, I finally got interested in bow hunting this year. As some of you know, my wife and I had a baby girl 7 months ago so between her birth and starting a new job one week just one week afterwards, I've been busier than I'd like to be. Over the summer I bought a used bow and practiced as much as I could, usually on Sunday afternoons. Bow season began almost two months ago, and due to my schedule I've been able to bow hunt only twice before today, so this was my third time bowhunting this year.
Long story short, I drove out to Western Maryland last night and got up at 5:00 this morning, giving myself just enough time to get cleaned up, get dressed, slurp down a cup of coffee and eat a piece of toast, and get in the stand by daybreak.
I heard a deer come walking toward me around 7:00 and just before she cleared the tree/bush at 15 yards, I drew my bow. As soon as she took another step, she looked at me, realizing that there was something in my tree that isn't normally there. She was quartering toward me and although I knew that this wasn't an ideal shot, I was comfortable with it and I had confidence that I'd kill her. I squeezed the release and "THUNK". I hit her high in her front right and it exited in front of her left hip. She dropped quicker than any deer I've shot with a rifle. Unreal... The last time I've gotten that excited over killing a doe was when I was 11 years old!

Oh, by the way, it WAS a record doe- I wasn't lying... It was the first one I've ever killed with a bow. [8D] (It was the first deer I've killed with a bow, for that matter).

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Congratulations on your first bow kill.

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Congratulations! Sounds like your time practice time paid off!

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Way to go! Congrats on the first bow kill.

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Good job there Jimbo,

Where at in Western Maryland did you go? Im from Oldtown.

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Congrats Jim, On the baby and the deer.

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Jimbo!

Congrat's on your first bowkill ,she's a fine young doe and you had me on this one.

nubo

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Alright way to go congrats on your deer

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Congrates looks like you took out a artery

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That's cheap.

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congrats jimbo now get back out there and get one of those funny antlered things with the bow.:D

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Great, nothing like it is there? Congratulations ;).

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Way to go!

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One down, a lifetime to go... :)

Congratulations!

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Thanks for the replies guys.

Mike- I hunt in Clear Spring, MD (Washington County).

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Hey man, congrats on your first bow kill, hope theres many more to come:-)

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Congrats,now you're hooked for life

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nice deer - congrats!

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well done man, I know you're hooked now.

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I had some notes asking if the deer was gutshot, so I wanted to put everyone's mind at ease that it wasn't. [:o]

These pictures show the entrance and exit holes that the 100 gr., 3 blade muzzy made. A little more explicit, but they show the damage that was done.

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Congrats on the first deer with a bow. It's a different kind of feeling taking one with an arrow. Hope you get many more.

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Congrats on your doe,you got us good,now
go out and do it again![8D]

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Congrats no matter where you hit, she's down and you recovered her. My first doe was direct hit to the hind quarter. Found her the next morning. Awwwaa 12 years ago and I remember it like it was yesterday:)

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Your hooked now , congrats , looks to be a fine eating doe .

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Congrats on your first bow kill!! Great job.

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Congrats on your first bow kill. Hopefully there will be many more to come and more hours to hunt in future years.

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Way to go Jimbo!

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Congrats on the doe. I hunt maybe 20 minutes down I-70 from you in Berkeley Springs, and maybe 20 minutes south on I-81 from from you in Martinsburg. Awesome doe :D

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Congrats---I hope you're hooked---what a feeling

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Congratulations.. Looks like practice pays. I got a doe earlier this year.. this is also my first year bow hunting. she ran bout 50-60 yrds though

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Congratulations-I took my 1st Doe on the 12th-1st since early 1980s. I have 2 antlerless bonus tags for this year & just filled this one with a good adult Iowa Doe. 1 Antlerless & 1 Buck Tag left.

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I passed on these at 15 yards-had 2 Does pass with 5 fawns from this year(3 button bucks & doe doe fawns). Only seeing small bucks & have passed on several of them "REAL" close. Good luck to all.

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congrats

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Congrats on the doe.


Not so sure about that.

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Great job. Congrats.

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The arrow hit the spine before it continued through to the guts. There's no doubt that it ended up there BobCo. A gutshot deer in my mind is a deer that was shot in the guts. That one was shot in the spine.

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I understand completely and I truly congratulate you on your deer.

But, I would also caution you on the shot selection.