Alright so in Michigan we have a youth hunt(2 days before the season actually starts)the same weekend as early antlerless firearm. On the first day I went out I didn't see anything except some squirrels and a chipmunk in the.morning. In the afternoon it was supposed to rain but I decided yo go out anyways(mainly becuase I hunt on the same property our house is) and sat for a couple hours before the rain broke loose. I was headed in and all of a sudden it cleared up. I then quickly made the decision to goback to the stand I had been hunting. As I got close I ran into a doe. I managed to get an arrow knocked and called her into the open with the death chamber from knight and hale. I took a shot I felt comfortable with and the arrow blew through her. She ran off and I went to look for the arrow. It was covered in blood and I was extremely excited. I called my dad to come help me track it and to bring a gun because it was supposed to start storming again in an hour and we needed to find the deer(when I shot it I was not aware that it was going to storm again). We found blood where I shot her and a few drops about 50 yards down the path. It started to rain and I ended up grid searching for the next couple of hours. I couldn't find her or more blood. My dad and I decided that I must of passed through her with out hiting anything that would produce a fatal shot. I was extremely sad as that was the first time I had shot a deer with a bow. I went out this morning and sat for an hour before 2 bucks came out of a cornfield behind me. There was a 6point and a 4point. The 6 point walked through a shallow pond behind me and I drew back when his head was behind a tree. He took a few steps forward and ran up a small incline. He was slightly quartered towards me and I shot him through the shoulder a little far forward. Luckily the NAP killzone with the trophy tip punched through him. 25 inches of the arrow went through before it snapped. There was excellent blood, including a few good sized puddles. I tracked for about 200 yards before I called my dad to come help me. We tracked him another 150 and kicked him up. We pulled out and are waiting to go back out.
found him Went about 15yards from were he was. First buck with a bow. Shot entered in front of his leg and came out of hus neck near the base.
Awesome, congrats! I am one year too old for the youth hunt, so I took my bow out for early doe and had some success as well.
