AK

Congrats guys! I was pretty fortunate this year. Tagged out with a nice PA whitetail and two does using handmade wooden bows and arrows. The buck really got my heart pumping. I was setting up in a cornfield bare spot when the buck waltzed from a woodlot straight towards me. I crouched to the ground on my knees and kept my bow horizontal to keep hidden. My heart was jumping out of my chest, but I waited for the buck to offer a good quartering forward shot at 9 yards before taking the shot with my sideways-held bow. It crashed off and left the best blood trail I' ve had the pleasure to follow.

http://community.webshots.com/album/62480817RzOwnm

cyclone

Impressive AK! You have my attention....I' ve been trying with the longbow but have a hard time without my training wheels...I' m going to refer someone in another post to have a look at your pics. Check out the thread " speed is all you need" in bowhuinting...

mysticguido

Here is the Buck I got in Oct. 2002, the Last day a Fall Bow in New Jersey. Got him with a PSE 55# compound using Easton 2018 xx75' s & a magnus 125gr Broadhead. The deer went about 50yards.

Der Jagd Meister

Just one doe! But meat in the freezer!

Strange Biller

I got a nice 120 pound spike week 2 in Maine. I had an extra doe permit but never got the chance to use it, which was too bad since I am now out of meat. Between my two brothers, my father and I we took 2 bucks, one doe, and one fawn. The old man took the fawn as his first deer since becoming a quadrapalegic, so we were pretty stoked to have him get one (he' s been a hunter all his life and broke his neck in the middle of the 2001 when he fell from scaffolding). But, we were 4 for 4 in my immediate family and 5 for six in the extended family.

Regarding the taking of multiple deer, I personally wouldn' t have done that because I wouldn' t want to fill my freezer day one and not hunt anymore that season. But if you' ve got extra freezer space and/or are donating meat AND your state is overrun with deer I say go for it. Deer overpopulation is starting to give hunters a bad name as antis point to it and say, " Look at what their feeding, etc has done!" It' s a bunch of crap, but overpopulation IS a bad thing, so thin them out if they need it (the deer, not the antis).

slippery

decent year here---2 nice bucks and seven flat tops--zones 27, 29 & 63

PABeardBuster

I' m replying a little late. Just found the topic.

I took three deer here in PA. One mature doe in early bow season, and a spike buck and another mature doe in rifle season.

I hunted Illinois in November () and took two deer out there. A young 6 point buck and a crippled doe. Probably the most exciting and action-packed week of bowhunting I' ve ever experienced, talk about big bucks, WHEW!!

PBB

mysticguido

Going by the posts, If this year is anythink like last (2002-2003) year. This is going to be a great year for everyone. GOOD HUNTING EVERYONE.