How big was your first deer shot w/a bow?? was it buck, doe, both??? How long had you been hunting???? Mine was a nice little six pointer that I thought was a spike when I shot it.... it was getting pretty late and the antlers on that deer were very dark.... I started hunting when I was 14, and shot that deer when I was 16, will remember that forever I think.....
My first deer with a bow was a button buck. I thought it was a doe. I was very excited anyway. About 100 lbs.
first My first deer was also a button buck. Same idea, thought it was a doe and stuck him at the bottom of my ladder. I was 12 yrs old and started hunting at 10. I was defintly hooked after that. Later that year I shot my fist buck with a rifle. Floppy horned 10 point some guy told us. When my parents pushed him out to me he dwindleld down to a four point some how:noidea: And every body wonders how storys get started.
how can the first deer you shoot be both? :noidea: anyway - my first was a doe, about 80 pounds dressed out, give or take
My brother in law shot a doe last year that had some sort of deformed antlers on her head. Thats how its both!!!:noidea:
first Dredly "how can the first deer you shoot be both?" Where I come from a button buck is a doe. So my first deer was a doe and my first buck was a 4 point. Didn't think is was that hard to understand.
I started bowhunting at age 16. I did not kill a deer ( with a bow ) until I was 21. Knowing what I know now, I should not have even been in the woods with a bow until age 20. I lacked the skills and knowledge to be carrying a bow. That all changed at age 20 when my Dad and I found a great archery shop. New equipment, a great teacher, and a lot of practicing later, I was truly ready. My second season with the new equipment ( and confidence ) I arrowed an 80-85 inch seven point at 13 steps while hunting from the ground after using my grunt call to bring him in. Now I'd rather not pick up a rifle. I can honestly say I'm ADDICTED......first deer( a buck), first ever response to a grunt call and at "spitting" distance. How could you not be addicted after that?!
My first gun deer was a doe(13yrs) and my first buck was with my bow four years later!!!! I am now 28 and have never shot a buck with my rifle but have 7 bucks with my bow and 2 are hangers!!!! I LOVE BOW HUNTING!!!!eace:
my first was a doe, both with a gun and bow, first bow kill was age 14 first year of hunting with a bow. Then i kinda got out of bowhunting, now im back in, been mostly elk hunting for the past few years, just getting into the heavy deer hunting with a bow this year!! all i can say is fun fun fun!!!
my first buck was an old six pointer i was sitting on the ground and he walked through at twenty yards. i was 21 and didnt know much, im twenty three now and have studied my stuff off and realize i was pretty darn lucky. i shot a 140 class buck last year and three does with my bow so im doing good and hope to have the same success this year.
First deer with a rifle I was 12 and it was a 85 pounds give or take a few cause its head was laying on the ground when I weighed it first Deer with a Bow was last year it wasa 100 pound doe and then 2 weeks later I shoot a 8 point with a kicker the antlers are in my room but it was only 15 1/2 spread we have a thing at my house the deer must be atleast 8 points with a spread wider then 18 inches to be mounted yup yup i hope i get one this year I saw 2 yesterday mornin but the wear does and a little to small!!
i shot my first deer last year, it was a spike. i never have deer hunted, i hunt elk and if i see a deer close enough to shoot, i will shoot it. my first year of hunting, 7 years ago, i shot a coyote, that was my first bow kill. the deer i shot last year was dumb as they come too, i spooked him and a doe and then he walked back up to me within 15 yards and stood broadside, he never ran, i shot him and he walked away real slow.
First deer with a bow was a 9-pointer 5 nice pretty points on the left and the right side had been broken and was growing downward w/4 points. He was running at 17 yards when I shot him with an old Indian bow shooting instinct. Wow was I ever lucky.:biggrin1: My brother was about 75 yards away and could'nt believe it. The deer piled up about 25 yards away. Oh and did I mention the reason he was running.............................a friend had already shot the deer about 75 yards away from me and I did'nt know it. So we shared the meat.
