First Bow Kill

Unread postby **Beast-Mode** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 3:32 pm

I have been bow hunting for a few years. I had always been holding out for a mature buck since we only get one deer a year here in my area. I shot my my first deer on Nov 29. I got out to the stand around 2:00 My entrance was quiet and I started seeing deer soon after I got setup. First I saw two young does about 60 yards away on the opposite side of the ravine the walked out of view soon after. About an hour later I heard some chasing as had a small 4 pt run a young doe 15 yards upwind of me. He was not a deer I wanted to shoot so I just watched him chase her out of view. Finally with about 20 minutes of shooting light left I see movement about 60 yards in front of me. First I see 1 deer quickly followed by 3 more. I realized it was 4 does with the one in the rear being a big old doe. They came right at me and then veered off into some thick stuff they walked into a more open area single file and when they final doe stepped out into the open I let the arrow fly. I waited in my stand about 15 minutes and got down to look at arrow there was blood on it and did not smell bad. I backed out and gave it 4 hours to be safe. Came back and tracked her not a ton of blood but she did not go far. I caught edge of her heart and she piled up about 50 yards from where I hit her. We paced it off the next morning and it was about a 44 yard shot. A little further than I was hoping but glad it worked out. I have been on the beast for a while now (and been lurking even longer

) and have learned a lot. I am looking forward to hopefully sharing more harvest stories in the future.

Here was my arrow.

Here are a few pictures of her when we got her back to the shop.

Here is a pic of heart.

Unread postby **U.P. bownut** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 3:38 pm

Good work on a big doe!

Unread postby **Lockdown** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 3:58 pm

Congrats on the 1st bow kill! I feel your pain with only having a single tag. Same here!

Unread postby **exojam** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 4:00 pm

Congrats, she looks like a big'un.

Unread postby **Beast-Mode** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 4:04 pm

Lockdown wrote:Congrats on the 1st bow kill! I feel your pain with only having a single tag. Same here!

Yep South Central MN for me.

Unread postby **Wlog** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 2:03 am

Congrats! The first one is special. You'll always remember that experience.

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Unread postby **Edcyclopedia** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 2:44 am

Very Exciting Indeed - congrats to you!!!

Unread postby **Jackson Marsh** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 2:53 am

Congrats!

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Unread postby **Dewey** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 4:56 am

Congrats on your first bow kill. Nothing like a good clean kill. :clap:

Unread postby **Bigburner** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 5:20 am

I often think that big mature does are right up there with killing a big buck. You can't get much past them. Nice job! :clap:

Brad · Unread postby **Brad** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 5:22 am

Congrats, great job!

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Unread postby **dan** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 5:25 am

Jeff G · Unread postby **Jeff G** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 5:40 am

Congrats!!!

Unread postby **DEERSLAYER** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 6:49 pm

Congrats!

Unread postby **Kraftd** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 12:23 am

Good work! That's a big doe!

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