This was my first time hunting from this stand this year. I set it up to catch them going to the pond in the evening. The tree is leaning forward which made it very uncomfortable and I wasn't able to get a shot at the main trail I wanted to cover. I was very aggravated about not getting it set up better. I had already texted my Dad and made plans to move it Friday. So I sat there leaning forward for a couple of hours and then I hear something coming down the opposite hillside towards the small pond. Its pretty thick but I can tell its a buck. As he got to the pond I hear a car coming down the driveway to an old house on the hillside above me. It was my brother in law and my niece. I could hear her playing and talking. The buck got nervous and froze. They drove away a few minutes later but the buck was still cautiously staring up the hill. I heard another deer walking along the pond. Its a small spike that I have let walk numerous times this year. One side splits into a little fork at the tip. Pearly has been trying his best to get me to shoot it but I held off. The spike walks up the trail 5 yards in front of me and heads to the giant oak tree that's 25 yards above me. Once the spike walked up the hill I guess this guy figured it was safe so he headed my direction. I stood up as he walked behind a tree. When he got into the clear on the other side I see my arrow hit him behind the shoulder. I don't even remember drawing my bow. At the shot he quickly walked up to the flat under the oak tree. He looked around for a second or two and then he took off running down the point of the hill. He went just out of site and I heard him crashing. That's the best sound in the world after you shoot one. I called my brother in law and asked him to meet me at the house. I waited a few minutes after the crashing stopped to get down. On my way to the house, I walked up the trail he was on and saw lots of good blood. We gathered some lights and went back to look for it. We usually let my niece lead the way on a good trail but I wanted to make sure he was dead before she walked up on him. I took the lead and followed the easy blood trail. She called my name and I turned around to see her holding my arrow. I had walked right past it. Just a few yards ahead we found him tangled in some limbs. He probably didn't go over 50 yards. I couldn't believe it. I had finally killed a deer with a selfbow. What a feeling that was. I just stood there staring at it and tried to soak it all in. I wondered how many years it has been since a hunter killed a deer on our property with a wooden bow and stone tipped arrow.
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I don't know if it was all the excitement or what but it looks like my eyes are bugging out
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Our junior tracker
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My equipment; my latest osage bow and a hill cane arrow tipped with a stone point.
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The arrow and point is completely unharmed. It took a chunk out of one rib, passed through a lung and center punched the heart.
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Outstanding! I feat I have yet to attempt myself, but hope to one day. Great shot, and good on you for getting that junior tracker more experience. I hope this is only the beginning of your success. Thanks for sharing.
Great job and accomplishment!!! Outstanding!!! :clapper:
Nice job and great deer
That is awesome. Congratulations.
Yep, an amazing feat. Awesome.
Congratulations on a great accomplishment. Nice buck. :thumbsup:
Outstanding job!
Way to go. Congrats :clapper:
That's super cool. :thumbsup:
Congratulations from Alaska!; most of all enjoy the harvest /meat on the table
Sweet! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Nice job.
Good to see the young one involved.
Congratulations on a fine deer. I love the bow
Great all the way around! Congrats.
Great job! Congratulations!
Claudia
That's really really really really awesome! I love it... more primitive is on my list. Good for you and thanks for all those cool photos !
Way too cool, bro. Nice buck and a great looking bow. Well done!
Congrats! That is an awesome story! :clapper:
Nice!
thanks for sharing!
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Glenn
Congrats, Clint.
That was awesome!
Awesome!! Congrats on a really great accomplishment! I have some ideas to mod your tree stand(s) to fit leaners if interested? Methods for if or if not - you have a welder and depending on the stand type. PM me if you are interested. I have 3-4 modded for those type situations as it is so frustrating to sit on a stand that is not level.
Very nice, congrats!!
Nicely done! Congrats
Way to go sir! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Very Cool! Congrats, on a Fine dder!
Now that my friends is pure...Congrats.
Great job!!!!!!
hats off, nice job!
Awesome! Great story!
Well done, Clint. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Outstanding job! Must have been such a rush!
- Jeremy :coffee:
Great story.
Great deer.
Completed using primitive gear.
Just doesn't get any better.
Great job.
That's quite an accomplishment .... nice Buck ... cute lil Tracker you got there too :cool: :thumbsup:
YB
Awesome, great job. Well done.
:clapper: :clapper:
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!! Great Job!!!
The Old Ones are smileing for you!!!!!
:campfire: :archer:
Congrats! :clapper: That's a interesting quiver. Did you make it?
Congrats! Hope to do the same very soon,
WOW!!!!!!!! What an accomplishment! You just created a spark in me, I've been wanting to try that. You made an awesome hit by the way. Congratulations!
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Congrats! :clapper: That's a interesting quiver. Did you make it?
Yes, I made it from a piece of bamboo, an old belt, and some fuel line. It holds the arrows tight against the outside of the bamboo. I made it so I could carry stone points without having covers on them. It works pretty good. I have thought about busting the nodes out of the inside and use it for storage.
Thanks for the nice comments everyone. :)
That is as good as it gets!! Congrats!
Great accomplishment !!
Love the bow..
Congratulations on a lot of hard work paying off.
That's a great story and I love the pics, especially the ones with kids in them. Shooting a deer with a bow you've made yourself is pretty special. I think it's great that you shared that experience with a youngster.
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Great job! It don't get no better than that!
Way to go. That is simply awesome!!!
Very impressive! Congrats
It doesn't get any better than that! :clapper:
Congratulations! Great story and really nice buck.
That is AWESOME! Great job!!
In the close up pic of your arrow I notice the black band on the arrow shaft behind the stone head and was wondering is that paint or is the arrow reinforced with something?
My hat is off to you Sir. Congrats.
:shaka:
Congratulations! That is an accomplishment!
:campfire:
Congrats!! :clapper:
Congrats :thumbsup:
Well done!!
Off the Charts!!!! :bigsmyl: :thumbsup: :shaka:
Congratulations. that deer died well!
Very cool....great accomplishment!
Excellent!
Congrats! I hope to be able to do the same someday. :notworthy:
It doesn't get much better! Congrats. :thumbsup:
Outstanding job well done!
Way to go! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
COOL!!!
:clapper: Great story, congrats! That is quite an accomplishment.
Outstanding. Great accomplishment. I've been wanting to try and do the same, but have been putting it off. Now I'm more motivated. Thanks for sharing.
that is awesome! Congrats!
:thumbsup:
Very nice! Good job & congrats.
Super thumbs up. An accomplishment I one day hope to achieve.
congrats, nice buck
Great harvest with trad equipment. Well done young man!! :thumbsup:
Congrats!
very cool! :thumbsup:
That is quite the accomishment!!!!! Congrats and enjoy the fine venison!!!!!
Scrub buster, saw this on the Indiana forum too. I spend a lot more time here and am glad to find us here.
Congratulations on a true trophy! I took my third trad deer Monday and still have a smile on my mug. I can't imagine how satisfying your hunt had to be.
One of these days, I hope to join you, so to speak!
What county do you hunt/live in, if you don't mind saying?
I am near Spencer.
Happy for us!!!!!
Very nice!
Someday....
Great accomplishment! Congrats! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Way to go
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Very nice! Congratulations!
-Jay
Congrats. nice buck. :thumbsup:
Congrates! Excellent job!
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Scrub buster, saw this on the Indiana forum too. I spend a lot more time here and am glad to find us here.
Congratulations on a true trophy! I took my third trad deer Monday and still have a smile on my mug. I can't imagine how satisfying your hunt had to be.
One of these days, I hope to join you, so to speak!
What county do you hunt/live in, if you don't mind saying?
I am near Spencer.
Happy for us!!!!!
Switzerland County.
Thanks for all the nice comments guys. This has been a goal of mine for several years. This was my first archery kill that I haven't used modern equipment. It was a great feeling. I added a blood thumb print to my bow and sealed over it. I hope to add several more.
That's really cool, made your own gear and bag a nice buck with it. Congratulations... :thumbsup:
Shoot, that deserves a thumbs up and a round of applause... :clapper:
Awesome!!! That is a beautiful buck and a great shot!!
Fantastic!
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :archer2:
Now that's Traditional archery !! Congrats on a fine deer
That's really cool man. Congrats!!
NICE!
Excellent Clint. Well done. Congrats.
Wow!!!...GREAT JOB!
Congratulations, something very few have accomplished :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Well done all around!!!
Congrats!!!
That is a awesome story , stone point and selfbow WOW !!
wow!
Great job :clapper: :clapper:
Wow! Congratulations!!!! That is an awesome accomplishment.
That's awesome!
Congrats,
Bisch
:archer: :clapper: :shaka:
Very nice on all accounts!!
Congrats and Way Cool!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Beautiful deer, and love the bow and arrow!
Boy-O-Boy!!!
Nice job. That's one you can certainly hang your hat on.
That's a great feeling, harvesting a nice buck with a primitive bow and arrow. Big congrats, well done, nice shot, nice buck.
Awesome job! :clapper:
Tom
That is such an awesome kill! Congrats!
That's a memory and trophy that you can always look back with pride on. Good Job!