Yesterday I had a group of four does come by about half hour before sun down. I was lucky enough to get a shot at this one. It was a real steep quartered away shot and I was concerned that I hit too far back. The deer didn't take off running and just trotted a bit, stood then walked off. I decided to leave and come back in the morning.
After following a not so great blood trail I found the deer 100 yards from where I shot. I was very relieved as this is only my 5th deer and I'm not too experienced at tracking yet. It turns out it was a button buck with one half inch antler and nothing on the other side.
I used a 54" 54@29 Fedora take down recurve. The arrow was a 550 grain gold tip with a b52 broadhead.
Thanks for looking!
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/ltenga/button121810.jpg)
great time for you , congrats !
Way to go sir! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Congratulations! You'll have some good eating. Your feather choice of colors is the same I use--very visible.
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
48# Spirit longbow
45# Martin Hunter recurve
Congrats!
Bisch
that is a nice deer and a well thought account of the adventure.. thanks for sharing..
Sounds very much like my experience shooting a button buck this fall. Same kind of blood trail and everything. Congrats!!
Congratulations, great pic and story, thanks for sharing.
Earl
Real nice.
congrats to ya, its a whole lotta fun isnt it. ruddy
thanks for the kind words guys. It was a good learning experience because I decided to wait the night before looking since I wasn't sure of my shot. I was so anxious to go look for the deer but it all worked out in the end.
Congrats, :thumbsup:
Way to go Chris.
:thumbsup: Congrats!
Nothing wrong with that. Congratulations
Good work.
Nicely done! :thumbsup:
Good job.
i done the same thing this year! i was just as happy thou!! congrats
Congratulations! :thumbsup: What did the autopsy reveal about your shot?
The arrow entered in the upper right gluete and mostly hit guts. The broadhead passed about half an inch from a major artery (femoral?) just as the artery forked. I messed up the left lung when removing it and couldn't tell if it got pierced. This was my first deer that wasn't lung shot so I am very happy that I was lucky enough for it to bed down nearby.
Great job - like the way you took your time when thinking a bad hit...
Congrats Chris thats a nice freezer filler!! Good job being patient, its hard to do sometimes!! But patience usually pays off :thumbsup: Joe
Keep up the good work.
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CONGRATS!
Thanks for all the kind words everyone!
Congrats - thx for sharing.