After a long journey, I got my first traditional kill this morning. After being on my stand for about an hour I had a doe come through with 5 bucks trailing behind. There was a monster 10 ptr, two 8 ptrs and 2 scrubs. They hung around my stand just out of range for about 10 minutes. The 10 pts was Snort Weezing non-stop. Once they moved on, I continued to grunt call. After 30 minutes or so a larger body buck with a small 5 pt rack came in to my calls. At 15 yards I shot over his back. The Buck ran about 15 feet and walked back in my direction. I knocked another arrow and released. This time the shot was still high, but I hit him in the spine and he hit the ground immediately. What a rush!!! This was probably one of the high lights of my hunting career, since I did it with a recurve on public land. I could not believe it, after several years of trying I had finally taken a deer with a recurve. How cool is that. Of all the deer that I have taken with guns, which have been some really nice bucks, this is by far my greatest trophy. The only comment my daughter had was, "Are we making jerking?".

I love traditional archery!

congrats...lets see some pics!!

The first one is the best!!

Good for you!

Good for you man! This is certainly a joyous sport we share! Congrats to you

Congrats! The first one is always the best.

Stiks

Way to Go!  

Congrats Bud!!  Any pics to share?  Joe

 Sounds like your daughter has the right attitude.

She gets it from Daddy.

Post up some pic's    Congrats!

   

Well done!  I too hope you have some pics.  

congrads

Congrats!  

congrats buddy,make that girl some jerky,steve  

congratulations ricky! you deserve this after all your hard work. great job and post some pics soon! I'm hoping for my first trad kill too!...maybe tomorrow! lol

way to go, Rick  

Congrats and we need pics!

   

yes, you are right.  Big game taken with trad archery is amazing... nothing like it...