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First deer

2.9K views 42 replies 27 participants last post by  JD_H  
#1 ·
Just shot a buck. This is my first year doin archery and this will be my first deer in general. Nothing crazy, 4 pointer. But any buck is a trophy to me. Saw him crash about 50 yards behind me. Letting him lay.. Icant stop shaking!
 
#22 ·
Get the knife boy![up]
 
#26 ·
Don't give up. If you saw the wabble he is done. I had a clean pass through once and the first blood wasn't visible for 40 yds. The arrow was fairly clean on mine too. You had to almost use a microscope to see it. I saw him do the drunkin wabble about where I found the blood. I didn't wait long enough. Would find sporadic blood between 40 and 80 yds. At the hundred yd mark it looked like a 2 liter bottle was turned upside down for about 15 yds. Then we came upon a bed with a puddle and no deer. Followed scant 1 drop every 10 15 yds trail for another 5 or 6 hrs and never caught up to him.