First contact. Arrowed first trad deer.

[Norminator]

Good job, more pics?

[LittleBen]

He's certainly no giant, but he's mine! My first trad deer, and the first buck I've recovered (Sadly I've been on a roughly 3 year bad luck streak with recovering bucks)

Turns out the shot entered behind the last rib at a very steep angle, cut through the diaphragm only 2-3 inches above the bottom of the chest cavity, cut one lung, and cut the heart but not enough that it went into the chamber of the heart, but certainly weakened the muscle drastically.



This is one I won't soon forget! I'm really happy that I was able to deliver a clean kill to this one, and I can only hope that all the rest go as smoothly.

Thanks to all for the advice and thanks for watching. Sorry I couldn't send updates along the way, but man did I have my hands full!!

[Jayrod]

Goodluck keep us posted!!

[Jayrod]

Sorry thread wasn't updated ...lol..CONGRATS BRO!

[Aggie1993]

Nice! Congrats

[CoachBGriff]

That's a happy ending!  Congrats!

[pitbull]

A deer you will never forget, Congrats!    

[59Alaskan]

Congratulations!   Well done

[ISP 5353]

Congrats!  Well done!  

[Fanto]

Was he missing a lower leg or was it just buried under the leaves?

Great shot by the way

[LB_hntr]

Congrats on a beautiful buck!!!!

Awesome! I'm glad to see you recovered him.

Congrats on your first buck!

Bisch

[cahaba]

Congrats on a great buck!

[South MS Bowhunter]

Great job on the recovery and nice buck!

[Papa]

You never forget the first one.   Congrats!!

[Fattony77]

Awesome! Way to go!!!  

[T-Bowhunter]

Congrats!

[LittleBen]

Thank to everyone for the kind words! Next weekend it's back to the woods, to try for a doe. Then I've got to decide If I start hunting in VA again, or stick it out in MD until late november when I can try to get a big boy during the gun season (with the bow of course).

I've also decided to try to take the next one with one of my handmade bows ...

Fanto, all his legs were intact, just the fronts were pulled in close and poartially buried under the leaves, and his back legs were stretched out perfectly straight so he just looks dispraportioned.

[OBXarcher]

Congrats !!!!!!

[Colotrad]