You not only stuck with this hunt, even though you caught a bad break in the morning, you didn't give up and was rewarded, and one of the best parts of the story is that you purchased that bow a long time ago and stuck with that also. ( and it's  a camo green bear bow ) great story and pictures.

Thanks for sharing.

Congratulations Bud!      I am very happy for you. I am still waiting on my first.

Awesome buddy good story and happy ending ,beautiful shot.Aloha Ron

You're a great writer...you tell a story with a lot of emotion.  We've all been on the "morning side" of your day, and it about kills us to not be able to recover game.  Congratulations on your doe and sharing your story with us!

Bernie Bjorklund

NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin

Great story! Congrats on your first harvest!

Congrats Bud! You write well also. Thanks for sharing with us.

Thank you everyone.

After recovering her I had a devil of a time trying to find a pocessor to take her to. I had left information passed on by a coworker back at home and I couldn't find the one herndont told me about. I called Raymon Bell, President of NC Bowhunter's, and got loads of help from him. Within 5 minutes of his phone call I was on the way to a processor near Walnut Cove, NC, which is not far from Madison where I was hunting. I arrived and unloaded my harvest. I spoke with Mark and Jennifer, owners of the business, and decided to donate the doe to them so they could get the meat to families in need. I kept the hide to tan for my father, a ham, and the backstraps. I have a good jerkey recipe I use and that's the only way my wife will eat deer.

I figured the doe had given herself to me so I felt it was appropriate to give her to someone who could use her to help ease these tough economic times.

I won't hunt behind their house again until Dec when I am fortunate to have the St. Jude's Faith Stalker with me. I trust that Faith will help me with another harvest if it is meant to be.

And for what it's worth, Eclipse makes a heck of a two blade broadhead. The GT Trad did its part too. It just wasn't able to withstand the power of a deer racing through Virginia Pines.

Much success to all this season.

Bud

Congrats Bud B.!

Congrats on you 1st!  

Good job on not dwelling on the past and making the most on the shot at hand with your doe harvest.

Exact scenrio happen to me!  I hit my 1st deer too far back.  Found it 3days later, thanks to the buzzards.  The next one, almost two weeks later, dropped her on the spot.  Spine shot.  Had to do a follow up shot to finish.

That was a great story, you are a gifted writer. I am glad you redeemed yourself. Great Story!!!!

you will always remember the first-congrats.

Way to stay with, congrats!!!

Perservence pays off, well done!  

Congratulations on your perseverence....

     

Congrats on the opener. We did not even see a deer.

congrats!  

Great job sir! Way to stick with it and get back on the horse! That will be some good eats!      

   :cool:

Congratulations!!!  I told you it was only a matter of time for you, just stinks your "journey" had to be so difficult. I'm so glad you were able to redeem yourself so quickly.  Losing an animal, any animal, is a tough pill to swallow, but for it to happen on your first animal, that just sucks.  However, you did the right thing in my opinion and got right back on the horse.  Good for you and congratulations again,  TRW.

Congratulations!  A great, well written story too!