I took this guy yesterday morning around 7:30. Followed a trail, in to about 10 yards, didn't get a clear shot until he presented him self broad side at 25. Thought he was a little bigger when I shot him, kinda second guessing myself for shooting him, but what can you do it's my first buck with a bow, and only my 3rd deer i have shot with a bow, and being a college student, I can only really hunt weekends being 2 hrs away from my stand so I guess i didn't do too bad, another 2 years he would have been a giant. n 9-point
First buck with a bow and your second guessing yourself Most would be very ecstatic with a buck of that size to be there first buck.
hahaha yeah, idk thats what everyone else said too, Im glad I have one under the belt now, but thanks!
Second guessing yourself on an 8 point? My first bow buck was a small 6, and I couldn't stop smiling for days. Congrats. I know what it is like to have to drive hours each way to hunt. It takes a lot more effort and determination.
So..... where I come from that would be a giant.... I would put an arrow in that guy any day of the week! Great deer and don't be getting caught up in the rack... Horns dont taste good anyway! Great deer! Congrats!
Hey thanks guys!, yeah i agree its all good, i won't have to worry about grocceries for sometime now so thats all good, I scored him like an 8, even tho he had a little 3 inch sticker off his G3 i didn't count, and he still grossed 126 7/8, and netted like 123. So I'm happy with it considering the amount of small bucks I passed up last year this one is defitnitley justifiable, Happy I got my first good one under my belt and it will be the first of many more to come.
Thanks, I shot him at 7:25 am, I had a couple cotton balls hanging from trees with some clothes pins that had some buck urine on them, and I had them leading to a scrape in front of my stand. It was real windy yesterday so i couldn't hear much and he just kinda popped up right in front of me at 10 yards, and didn't give me much of a shot, but he followed that scent i had in perfectly on a string, and I just waited til he gave me a good broad side shot at 25 yards and I took it.
Awesome, I was hoping you were going to say 10 or 11 because I'm sitting all day Wednesday. Nice to know the sent is working. What brand did you use.
I would be jumping up and down if i got a deer like that with a rifle, yet alone a bow! Great job man
