I am proud to report I got my first traditional deer this morning. She weighed 95 pounds field dressed, and she was taken with the Morrison
Shawnee I bought from Crash here on the classifieds a few weeks ago.
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I am a frim believer in the old saying,"it's better to be lucky than good" I was up in my stand at 6:06am. As I reported in my "keeping my fletching dry" post yesterday, I went hunting yesterday, and turned around and went home when I got drenched 1/2 way to my stand. Well, today was a better morning. It was a nice 39 degrees, with a slight North wind. My spot had received over 2 inches of rain, and everything was a muddy mess in the bottom I was hunting. It is usually a quiet spot, but they just started drilling a well across the road, (guessing 700 yards away) and that process sure is noisy!!!
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A couple minutes after 8:00am, I looked to the East, and here she came down the hill towards me. I was able to stand up, and when she went behind a tree, she stopped, allowing me to pick up my bow. After 45 seconds, she headed to the North and then turned back back to the East quartering away from me. I shot, and watched my arrow nail her in the neck!! The shot was not far off from where I aimed, but gosh if I know how I got her in the spine. she dropped in her tracks. This is the view of where she was when I was still in the tree
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Luckily, she expired quickly, because a tree was blocking a good follow-up shot from the stand. I am just tickled to death. I have killed "double digit" deer in my life, but sure tried hard to get one with a longbow. Talked to my cousin whose dad own's the land I was hunting on, and he said that is one of the best things about traditional hunting, you can always say it was a perfect shot and the "deer just jumped the string"
Here is a close-up of my damaged shaft and the spot in the neck where my Magnus Stinger hit her. Just had to share my awesome experience with the gang!!
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Congrats!
Congrats and welcome to thr addiction. The rush from a trad kill is better than any other type of hunting!
Congrats great looking Doe!
Way to go!
Congrats!
Congrats,the first one is always a thrill.
Wow, outstanding and a huge congratulations! I hope to get mine next weekend as our late season opens then. Way to go! :thumbsup: :clapper:
Thrilled for you, we all know how proud a moment you are in right now. Enjoy it, you deserve it!
congrats on ya deer!! that first is somthing ya wont forget in a hurry thats fer sure :clapper: :clapper:
i bet ya going out again right :laughing:
Nice shooting, congratulations on a fine deer.
Congrats man
This has been a good year with many "First" taken place, congrats on a nice deer!
Great job! Congratulations
GLENN
Great Job on your first deer. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Congrats! Nicely done! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
alright. good job.
i felt the same way you did woooooooohoooooo!!!!! i glad for ya. ruddy
Thats A FAT doe. Well done!- Phil
Congrats, I got my first this week also. What a feeling!
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Gotta love the news of a yet another "first".
Congrats brother...carry on with many happy returns!!! :thumbsup:
Great job! That is one heck of a feeling isn't it? :thumbsup:
Congratulations on the first of many.
Very Cool.... Great Job!!
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Nice!!!!
congrats
Nice work.
fantastic
Congratulations! :clapper:
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Congrats on your first deer. Good choice of broached too.
Way to go Leslie :thumbsup: :clapper: :clapper:
A lot of our bucks never get that big , congrats !
congrats!!! now if ya only have a pic you both you and yer deer to post ..... ?
Good for you! It is always nice when the deer goes down in sight. No matter how perfect the shot (looks)there is always some anxiety as the 30-60 minutes pass before you take up the trail.
Great job
Congratulations!
Rob, Oh how I wish I had a picture of me with my Doe to share!! It is now 48 hours later, and I am still sore from dragging her out of the bottoms. My oldest son had to work, and my youngest son it a freshman basketball player at a local High School. He has to practice every morning at 7:15am, so he decided to get caught up on some much needed sleep. I was on my own, and therefore had no one to take a picture. I had to drag her across a little creek and was muddy from toe to waist. A little bloody too!!. It wouldn't surprise me if my camera could have been set up to take a picture on a delayed basis, but I was too exhausted to mess with that. I will just have to settle for the animal shots!! This is the first deer I have killed without help dragging and getting her into the truck, and having someone hold the legs while I gut her. Still a Blast and the memory will last forever!!!
Good on you. Congratulations!
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