First trad kill (8 pointer)

[joevan125]

Me and 4 of my buddies lease and own over 3,000 acrs down here in south Alabama and lease a cabin that sits on 15 acrs. Where our cabin sits there are 6 mature whiteoak tress 50yds from the side of the house.

On Oct.28 i came in from the morning hunt and was getting all my gear put up and was getting breakfast ready. While sitting on the front porch i look out in the yard and see a young doe feeding. Long story short i made a stalk on her and shot over her back.

While retreiving my arrow i couldnt believe how much deer sign was under the trees, huge droppings. I take a look around and find the perfect set up for a ground blind which i have never killed a deer with a bow from a blind.

The next afternoon after my 4 buddies head out to the other properties i waited for a couple of hours to let all the exhaust  clear the air and just let the woods SETTLE down. I grab my bow and make the long hike to my ground blind which is exactly 70yds from the side of our cabin.

I settled in for the 2 hour hunt and 30 seconds later a doe pops up right in front of me only 5yds away. A few secs later a big doe and 2 8 pointers are out in front of me trying to get to the whiteoak thats dropping the most acorns. The young doe had me pinned and had the other 3 deer on edge plus a storm was moving in and acorns were flying everywhere.

As the biggest 8 turned to leave i tried to stop him but a loud shout couldnt have been heard. The shot was 25 yds walking broadside and was to far back. After searching for over 8 hours i found my buck but im sad to say so did the other critters.

I shot my buck with a Morrison ILF recurve 50@30 with full length heritage 150s and stryker broadheads. This was my 3rd shot on a deer and i started shooting trad back in march and im hooked BIG time. The deer is a above average deer for Alabama and im sorry i have no pics but my exwife took our camera along with everything else. Everthing except none of my hunting goodies.  

[newtradgreenwood]

congrats !

[Longbow Jake]

Congrats  

[4runr]

Congrats!

[Tim]

Congrats!

At least the x didn't take your bow!  We can all live without a camera but not having a bow   :eek:    :eek:

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Congrats

[A.S.]

Way to go Joe!! Nothing like getting that first one!!  

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Hopefully you could still salvage some meat.

Congrats.

[reddogge]

I hope she didn't get your old Bear bows.  Congratulations on the buck.

[Altiman94]

Congrats on the buck.  Nothing like a good blind set up close to home!

[Big Ed]

Congrats  

[dakota tim]

Good Job!  

[Hooper]

Congrats on your first Trad harvest!

[hunt it]

Congrats  

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Well-done!

[joevan125]

Thanks guys i forgot to mention that it rained hard all night and i thought for sure he would bed down close to where i last saw him. It cooled off during the night so i was sure it would be better to wait till morning i wasnt worried about the meat spoiling but this deer traveled over 500 yds from where i shot him. Something had to push him for him to travel that far because even though the shot was to far back there was a huge hole and most of his insides were hanging out.