Yes, I got my first deer from the ground.
Monday Sept 10th @ 7:00am I was in the woods and I come up on 2 DOEs & 3 Fawns. I was about 50yards away and came to full draw. As I was letting it back down I had a feeling I can make the shot. I then redrew the bow & loosed a arrow. It hit her little far back in the ponch and out the otherside taking out the sack,liver & both lunges. I found the deer 2.5hrs later so to be safe I gave it to a friend that has to many dogs, since it is really hot out and she was gut shot ( I mean she looked like a bomb went off in her ) This was my first deer from the ground with a bow.. Man I don't want to go up a tree anymore LOL. Sitting here thinking as I type I feel really bad for taking that far of a shot...I still need to find my arrow.
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I am now after the 10 pointer that was under my stand on Opening Day..Good Luck to everyone else.
Congrats on your first ground deer
Congrats!
Thanx Guys.... God I feel bad for taking that far of a shot.
I made a mistake my ranger find is off. I just used my friends and it came out to 30yards, but still it was to far and I shouldn't have taken the shot... It did look closer, but now I know for sure & I do feel a little better.. I also found my arrow.
No worries Sal . Experience is a series of non fatal accidents. Learn, move on .
Good job. My brother and I also hunted from the ground, but only saw bucks. That never happens. Poor us.
Congrats!!
very true Ted, BTW Those ASH shaft you sold me.....Where Great, Thanx for the heavy shafts...
Awesome, congrats !!!
my first with a recurve was from the ground at 35 yds so it aint that bad good job
congrats!
Congrats on your first eye level deer. I have never used a treestand, and can barely sit still long enogh for a blind. If you are really into the ground thing, I highly reccommend Asbell's stalking and stillhunting book. Just learning "how" to walk will make a huge difference. The fun of stalking on the ground is to see how close you can get, when you can watch them blink with your bare eyes, and nearly smell their breath, it is an unparalled rush. My closest shot has been 8 feet, my first black bear was around 8 yards, and my furthest shot was around 13 yards. Again congrats on your deer, stalking them is like nothing else on Earth!
Congrats as well. I would not feel bad, the meat was not wasted.
I'm sure we've all made shots that we thought hard about in retrospect-
I still do not understand why ya gave the deer away. It would of been fine!! Ya also should of went with your first thought and let down and not shot if that was your first gut feeling. Glad it worked out! Shawn
I'm with Shawn,I think it would of been fine to keep...Congrats on a nice deer...
I've known people that have gotten really sick from gut shot deer that was recovered in 1hr. I just want to be safe...I guess it is just me..
Congrats on your first,How do you like your deer sled? I've always wondered how well they worked,Can you give me some info on them? Thanks.
Stop shaking yet? LOL! Congrats!
deer sled is about 6years old and is great, the wheelie ones are better, but mine is light & you can wrap it around a tree and the deer pay it no mind...
I stopped shaking about 2 hrs ago.
I agree I did something wrong.. I'll never take a shot like that again. The hight was good just was a little back from her turning. She spoted me as I was loosing the arrow. Ever tho I did a bad thing as in taking that shot & giving away the meat, This thread was about me Taking my First deer from the Ground, NOT RECOVERING A DEER SHOT AT 3O/4O/50 YARDS. Sometime You have to learn the hard way... I had a feeling I could do a clean kill shot... I'm Sorry for having that confidence.
Hopefully we all learn from our mistakes. Sounds like you had a positive learning experience. We all chance losing game occasionally. If we learn from our negative experiences we are able to grow. Hopefully some new archers can learn from this. I'm sure you will have another chance, and I wish you luck! Go get um!
You recovered the deer and used a tag. There are folks ,sadly, who would have left the deer to rot if they gut shot it in warm conditions. You made some mistakes but you also did some positive things and learned from it. Take what you learned into your next hunt and continue to grow. Everyone makes mistakes, a man stands up and admits his learns from them, and tries not to repeat them and you've done that.
Fred Bear and Howard Hill wouldn't be able to sleep nights if they were still around for worrying about the ethical shot police knocking on their doors.
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Congrats.
I got to go with camocowboy on this one. I have yet to shoot my first with a traditional bow, but I am looking forward to it. My only challenge was that you could not tell the difference between 30 and 50 yards...but having said that...I think you did the best thing you could have done - recovered it!! :thumbsup:
People would not be saying the same if you were nervous and made the same hit at 14yards...I promise.
I ask myself regularly...what is the difference between making a great shot at 40yards vs. a poor shot at 15yards??? :confused:
That is for another thread.....CONGRATS on the first Traditional kill!! :clapper: :clapper:
Vermonster, of course he used his tag, Here in NJ you have to shoot a doe first.
There is a lot of "hunting the road".
In some towns, theanimal control officer spray paints road kills to keep it down.
I agree with VM13 and CC,the fact that he posted that on here just the way it happened says something about his character. I mean, he could have left out all of the negative details and just wrote that he got his first deer on the ground at 30 yds along with the pics. He would have received accolades. Instead he put the whole story down(who would make that up?), and admitted his mistakes.
Mystic, don't beat your self up too much, live and learn.
Congrats on your first. You actually recovered the deer pretty quickly ... the meat should have been fine.
The meat would have been just fine, 2.5 hours is not very long. I had a slightly quartering towards shot on a fawn and the arrow hit the lungs and grazed the stomach. I found it 1.5 hours later. The field dressing didn't smell that great but I was careful when I took out the entrails. The meat was great. I didn't eat the tenderloins (2 strips of meat on the inside of the body cavity). If your deer had sit overnight, I would have made sausage.
Great job on the deer. You are the only judge of how you hunt and decide on what to do on future hunts.
Hunting on the ground is great, although it's a bit harder, it's a lot more fun.
Jason
Nothing like getting them from the ground!! Hey, live and learn on the shot and distance thing. If you feel you made a mistake, learn from it. I know just what you mean.
Mark
Just a reminder of Salvatore's 1st post.....
QuoteOriginally posted by mysticguido:
Thanx Guys.... God I feel bad for taking that far of a shot.
And, just a reminder of Salvatore's 2nd post.....
QuoteOriginally posted by mysticguido:
I made a mistake my ranger find is off. I just used my friends and it came out to 30yards, but still it was to far and I shouldn't have taken the shot... It did look closer, but now I know for sure & I do feel a little better.. I also found my arrow.
I think he's beat himself up already as apparent by his own posts and admissions, and doesn't need anyone else piling on.
I'd like to encourage him to learn from his mistakes, and commend him for his actions afterward. He showed character.
Congrats on your 1st.
Ahmen Terry
:thumbsup: Thanx Terry :notworthy:
And Thanx to everyone else too.
God I Love TradGang :campfire: :archer: