ckrich Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Well, it looks like the third year is the charm! I finally got my first archery buck after passing on a few younger bucks. I had all of last week off of work, and spent it at my grandparents place in NW OK. It was warm and deer activitiy was slow at best, so when the cold front rolled through on Tuesday I gave in and popped a doe with the blackpowder out of one of our box blinds. Wednesday afternoon found me back in my favorite treestand, and the deer were up and moving by 3:30 p.m. When I walked in, three does tucked back in the timber winded me and cleared the wheat field of deer. As sunset rolled around I hadn't seen a deer since walking in. As I stood up to stretch a bit I hear something crashing through the brush to my left, headed my way. The rest is pretty much a blur, it happened SO fast, but this should sum it up: buck comes crashing in, walks down trail, stops in shooting lane @ 20 yds, squeeze the trigger, and he takes a step as the arrow flies. :no: It's a kill shot, but too far back for me to be comfortable with it, much less pleased. I head for the truck as quietly and quickly as I can, not wanting to spook or push the buck. About 9:30 I returned with my hunting partner, who is just short of amazing at following blood trails. By 11:30 we have located the buck bedded down but still very much alive, so we back out and head to the house for a couple hours of sleep. We're back in the woods Thursday morning to pick up the trail where the buck had bedded. Sure enough, my partner finds him laying about 75 yards down the trail from where we last spotted him. :toot:[ATTACH=CONFIG]11056[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]11057[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccwhitey Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Great first buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Congratulations...very nice 1st bow buck. Good job on the recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHISKEYSWAMP Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 good looking buck... congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 yup great recovery of the deer... as said that's a nice 1st bow buck too. you can only shoot bucks bigger than what you pass. NW OK is some nice hunting. i went out there a few years ago. Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 He's a good one and even better being that he is your first archery! Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Man that's a great bow buck for your first, or your fifty-first! Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Great buck! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DropTine49 Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 Nice deer! That's much bigger than most people ever kill with any form of weapon, much less a bow. Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 what a great first buck! Congrats! Sounds like a great recovery too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 Another Oklahoma giant! Congrats. Wish we had deer like that around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 That is one heck of a first archery buck! Congrats! Keep rollin brother and hunt safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 Man that's a great bow buck for your first, or your fifty-first! Congratulations! Yep, was thinking the same. Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbeck Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 ATTA-BOY great buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointing_dogs_rule Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 Congrats on a very nice OK buck. He is very pretty. good luck to all the dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckrich Posted November 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 Thanks everyone! I really appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 Great buck no matter it was your first or 100th. COngrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fladawg Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 Congrat's!...Fine look'n Buck there...I'm still werk'n on mine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arrowslinger Posted November 5, 2011 Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 Very Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sskybnd Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 great buck with a bow, and being your first makes that even sweeter, as for the time frame of getting one down i think i went 3 or 4 years before i got one down, congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebohio Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 congrats great buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSeb53 Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 you will never forget your first archery buck! great one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyohunter Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 congrats on a fine buck... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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