First with a bow
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From: soapdish
13-Nov-23
My son got his first deer with a bow hunting by himself this morning. He said when the arrow hit, she knew something happened and started walking away and dropped 40 yards later
From: Toonces
13-Nov-23
Great, nice shot.
From: Bob
13-Nov-23
Congratulations to your son and to you. That looks like a heart shot to me.
From: Brian M.
13-Nov-23
Nicely done. Congrats.
From: steve
13-Nov-23
congratulations!!!
From: Wayniac
13-Nov-23
Congrats! Nice shot placement too
From: UWShunter
13-Nov-23
Congrats!
From: 2Wild Bill
13-Nov-23
Congatulations, very nice shot placement.
From: Bwhnt
13-Nov-23
Hell yea enjoy those tenderloins!!
From: soapdish
13-Nov-23
It was a double lung, no heart and no ribs fractured. I've heard of stories about deer that get shot and act like nothing happened. Maybe threading the ribs is why they react that way. Thank you
From: soapdish
13-Nov-23
It was a double lung, no heart and no ribs fractured. I've heard of stories about deer that get shot and act like nothing happened. Maybe threading the ribs is why they react that way. Thank you
From: soapdish
13-Nov-23
It was a double lung, no heart and no ribs fractured. I've heard of stories about deer that get shot and act like nothing happened. Maybe threading the ribs is why they react that way. Thank you
From: soapdish
13-Nov-23
Sorry about the triple response. My phone has been acting up lol
From: Blood
13-Nov-23
Congrats Soap! Great memories! I remember when my son got his first. Awesome!
From: nehunter
13-Nov-23
Congratulations, he made a very nice shot.
From: Sherwood Shooter 76
13-Nov-23
Congrats awesome shot!
From: Notme
13-Nov-23
Congrats to Master and student!!! Love when they just stand there and look around
From: SILVERADO
13-Nov-23
congrats! still remember taking my first with my dad! feels like yesterday.
From: Tall 1
13-Nov-23
A proud Dad moment.
From: tobywon
14-Nov-23
Congrats, nice!!
From: Woodsnut
14-Nov-23
Nice job.
From: PeteO
14-Nov-23
Awesome! Congratulations to you and your son
From: soapdish
16-Nov-23
So my older son got his first deer with a bow.... this original post. He shot it out of my younger son's stand, so we call it. He saw a big body buck out of range with a bow....but scored the doe. This morning my younger son and I go walking in just about legal light. As we get to the lower 2 hayfields we bump a deer in the woods next to us, good sign. I start to set up my chair under a small barn to cover the middle field as my son walk to the lower field. I always told them to walk slowly and scan the field prior to entering.... maybe get a shot. Well, as I was setting up, I look over and I see him sighting in like he's going to shoot...bang....I look at my phone and it's 611....buck was trailing a doe. He never made it to his stand lol...159.6 pounds that my older son nicknamed moose. Little ball busting going on in the house. Good times
From: Jim Principi
16-Nov-23
Congratulations to both of you. He made a lifelong memory!
From: soapdish
16-Nov-23
Ty.... there's actually a bit more to the story which makes it even more memorable and funny....it was one of those crazy mornings
From: Notme
16-Nov-23
Good times eh bud..congrats
From: UWShunter
16-Nov-23
Fantastic! I will never forget when my now 23 year old son killed his first deer in KY @ 13 yrs old. Incredible memories that we can share forever. I miss those days of sitting in the same stand. Long gone but great memories. Enjoy.
From: soapdish
16-Nov-23
It is amazing how much goes into becoming successful at hunting. Part of today's lesson was following a blood trail. 40 yards to a deer that we can see lol ..for myself it was a walk in the park.... field dressing and bringing it to the butcher, although my kids, now young adults, are pretty competent and willing at butchering
From: Big Dog
17-Nov-23
Congrats to father and sons.
From: Bwhnt
17-Nov-23
Great day! Congrats
From: Will
17-Nov-23
Congrats!
From: Corax_latrans
17-Nov-23
Perfect shot on that doe — pretty sure a heart-shot would have done the dash….
“Maybe threading the ribs is why they react that way.”
Definitely less painful to NOT have ribs broken… ;)
TONS of stories out there of clean pass-throughs with COC heads where animals had no clue, or reacted line a bad bite from a horsefly… If you’ve ever cut yourself on something so sharp that you never felt it, you’ll understand why…
And the no-run reaction…. That’s one thing I expect mechanical users will never see — those things are too wide to slip between ribs without breaking at least one, so they must deliver quite a Thump…..
Well done all around!
From: soapdish
17-Nov-23
Last bit ..you should see the smile on their faces as they load the freezer. Level of self accomplishment and who they will share the bounty with.
From: nehunter
18-Nov-23
Great memories! I miss those days
From: Rackem
21-Nov-23
Great stuff soap...memories forever!
From: air leak
23-Nov-23
Congratulation on your first deer! Excellent shot, well done.
From: Dr. Deer
26-Nov-23
Corax, hunters who have fallen on their equipment and been impaled by their own arrow often report that they didn't know it right away. Often not until they see the blood. I have treated trauma patients (stabbings) and most say they thought they got punched, but it turned out they were stabbed. On poor fellow on Coney Island just "felt his leg go out" when he was shot by a .22 through the penis and into the thigh. So yeah, often deer have no idea what happened when they were shot. But like anything, not always.
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Congrats to the first timers. You never forget your first. All the firsts: gun, longbow, recurve, compound and so on. Even if you get 100 deer or more, those are the most memorable ones.
