rugerla1

Okay guys, I'm exhausted so bear with me: Was in the stand at 4 this morning, and didn't climb down till right before last shootable day light. I'd only seen a group of 20 and group of 27 turkey, 4 deer (2 momma's each with a fawn) so let them walk. Not to mention I got up, and held ready, stuck leaning forward because they would have seen me move, waiting for something behind them for 30 minutes while they grazed, 40 year old back is now 75. Now, fast forward to the last few minutes of daylight. Sitting there ready to come down as it had been 3 hours since I'd seen anything. Calling it a good day since I was in the woods and out from the back of the property comes an old buck, not huge (I think), but dark horns, big body. I stand up, he turns towards me at 20 yards behind a little tree, I draw back, he turns broadside at 15 yards and comes past the tree. I hold between my 10 and 20 yard pins and let her go. THWACK!!! I'm not exaggerating when I say my knees buckled and I thought I was going to have a heart attack. I sat down FAST and watched it run off with my arrow sticking out of it (only the fletching showing on his right side. I watched the direction he went and kind of blacked out for a minute out of excitement so I didn't see if he made more turns or not. My phone is almost dead, it's getting dark fast so I call my buddy who'd killed that morning and asked if he could come help me track it. Good thing I did, phone died as soon as I said bye. He gets there, we walk out to where I shot him, no blood. Okay, sometimes that happens, I'm pretty sure I hit him higher than I should have, last minute light, excitement, no excuse, just truth. I sure wish I'd had a little more light so I wouldn't have had to take that shot, it was there or none. We found the arrow broke in half, the part with the fletching broke off right there at the front (of fletching) the rest of the arrow pulled out the other side. We searched for 3 hours Nothing! I cannot put into words how sick I am, being my first bow kill is second, not knowing what happened to him if first. I am going back out in the morning to try and find it again. No blood, except for the little bit on the arrow that went through. Is it possible that I hit him in the 1 in a million places that doesn't bleed??? Rage broadhead too, I just don't get it. It makes want to puke thinking a deer suffers from a bad shot, I don't know if this is one of those cases but I still hate it. Hell he could heal up and live as crazy as it is. I'm about to pass out from sickness of heart and anger. What an experience for my first bow kill, for a few minutes it was the best thing ever, boy did that change fast!

I'm watching about twenty turkey right now, so close I could spit on them. Wish it was twenty deer!

Rise and shine!!!

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That's cool!

If its grown, the arrows flown! Lmao I have zero kills with a bow so until my first is down, mature buck or doe, doesn't matter. I will then have meat in the freezer and can watch for Bullwinkle. :lol: Oh, and I'm with ya on momma and fawns, I will watch em walk.

Okay, I'm legal. I will never put a license in my wallet without checking first again. The state isn't going to say "aww man, I hate that happened. Oh well, keep hunting".

Yeah man. Hope yours is right. That would've put a damper on my day!

HOLY CRAP! I just pulled out my hunting license to be sure it was in there. When I got it a month or so ago, I didn't look at it, but I sure am glad I did tonight....big game gun! Not archery! Don't know why he did that, but I should have verified before I put it in my wallet. :down:  Headed to Academy!

I'm getting ready to load mine too. Just got back from picking up some Nutter Butter's, jerky, Clif bars, and Smart Water (I need all the help I can get  :x: ). I am seriously going to have a hard time going to sleep. Getting up at 3, be in the stand by 4, and just sit and smell the air till daybreak. We've all been dreaming of this morning we are about to encounter and it's almost here.   GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

I'm still at work, but when I get home, I need to sleep, but won't sleep. I don't care. It's here boys!!!! I hope to see lots of pictures of deer posted here tomorrow :up:

HA HA!! Maybe one more change is in order tonight before bed time! I have all my stuff together and packed except for snacks and water. Putting them in there before I leave the house, everything else will be in the truck tonight so I can leave the house quietly without getting the dogs riled up....that makes Mama not so happy!

As the Koolaid Man used to say after busting through a foam block wall "OHHH YEAAAHHHH!!!"

I'm liberating myself too <--- Hate even typing anything with the term liberal associated with it LMAO! This year I will carry: Headlamp Gloves and face mask Snacks (Don't forget to bring Nutter Butters if you haven't before  :yum:  You'll thank me later!) Big bottle of water Screw in step Extra can of Skoal Old protein shaker that I use for a pee jug, water bottles are too noisy and fill up too fast Toilet paper (small roll) Cover scent Note telling me what to bring LOL

I can't, I have to save the battery so I can call everyone I know and scream "HEY I KILLED A DEER!!! Now I'm going to give you the whole play by play, starting with when I woke up this morning!" :lol:

That's awesome!!! :up:

Wow! Nice bucks!

It's cool looking....for a snake that is. Don't want to see any slithering when I'm walking in the woods though!

LOL Mine would too. I'm not far from my vehicle when I hunt at this spot, so this year, I'm only bringing snacks, water, etc. I'm leaving the knives and extra crap that I always have in the pack for farther hunting spots in the truck. Only took me 7 years of hunting there to figure out "Hey dumba$$, you can be at your truck in 5 minutes, leave this stuff in the dang seat!" :rant:

Less than 48 hours now.... I'm hearing Europe singing "Its the final countdown!!"

HEY! Leave me outta this! :lol:

Some of the comments on that are hilarious

Nice reintroduction, welcome back!

That's what I'm afraid of :lol:

LMAO!!!!