Son' First & Second deer with a Bow
I took off a couple of days to take my son Bowhunting this week. He shot two javelina last year and his first hog several weeks ago with his bow. What has eluded him was a whitetail with his bow. He had several chances last season but could never connect. Translation.....he missed. Well, this would be a new year. He went from drawing 42 lbs last year to 60 lbs this year. Growing six inches and putting on 55 lbs of weight in one year has that effect. Big difference in his strength.
We headed out Monday morning for the lease and arrived around noon. Had to make our stop at Buc-ees and Joels BBQ along I-10 of course. We knew it was going to be hot in the ground blinds so we opted for shorts and black shirts. Monday afternoon we climbed in to our Humble Sendero ground blind. Small does arrived at the hand-feed corn. The larger does would not come in closer than 25 yards. Tuesday morning we headed back to the same blind and watched seven deer feed in close. Four large doe made thier way in with one feeding on the corn we threw out. Blane waited until she was broadside and let an arrow fly. I could see it was a great hit. We slowly made our way out of the blind, finding a blood trail immediately where she had been standing. Blane tracked her and we found her about fifty yards away. This was his first deer with a bow.
In the afternoon we opted to go to a ground blind we call Six Pack. We threw some corn out and waited for the feeder to go off. The afternoon was hot and the wind stopped blowing around 4 PM. All was quiet. Too quiet. A large doe finally came in but would not get near the hand-feed corn. Fifteen minutes later we had four more deer walk in. One of the does made her way over in front of us about 15 yards. Blane drew his bow out of her line of site. She heard the arrow slide, looked at the blind and stomped her foot. He slowly moved in to the shooting window, aimed, and let the arrow fly for the second time that day. Another good hit. Blane and I tracked her about 125 yards. Being young, he spots the tiniest blood spots where I do not. Each time we lost the blood, he took a few extra minutes to follow up each trail. Next thing I know he is saying, "Here's blood". Not sure how she made it that far but she did. He shot both of his doe with the two-blade Rage broadheads, Mission UX2 (Mathews....shameless plug) set at 60 lbs. I am extremely happy with his patience and shot placement. The fact that these were his first two deer with a bow only cemented Bowhunting in his future. He just turned fourteen so I look forward to hunting with him for many years to come. We were both very excited over his accomplishment and had a great two days of hunting/spending time together.
We headed out Monday morning for the lease and arrived around noon. Had to make our stop at Buc-ees and Joels BBQ along I-10 of course. We knew it was going to be hot in the ground blinds so we opted for shorts and black shirts. Monday afternoon we climbed in to our Humble Sendero ground blind. Small does arrived at the hand-feed corn. The larger does would not come in closer than 25 yards. Tuesday morning we headed back to the same blind and watched seven deer feed in close. Four large doe made thier way in with one feeding on the corn we threw out. Blane waited until she was broadside and let an arrow fly. I could see it was a great hit. We slowly made our way out of the blind, finding a blood trail immediately where she had been standing. Blane tracked her and we found her about fifty yards away. This was his first deer with a bow.
In the afternoon we opted to go to a ground blind we call Six Pack. We threw some corn out and waited for the feeder to go off. The afternoon was hot and the wind stopped blowing around 4 PM. All was quiet. Too quiet. A large doe finally came in but would not get near the hand-feed corn. Fifteen minutes later we had four more deer walk in. One of the does made her way over in front of us about 15 yards. Blane drew his bow out of her line of site. She heard the arrow slide, looked at the blind and stomped her foot. He slowly moved in to the shooting window, aimed, and let the arrow fly for the second time that day. Another good hit. Blane and I tracked her about 125 yards. Being young, he spots the tiniest blood spots where I do not. Each time we lost the blood, he took a few extra minutes to follow up each trail. Next thing I know he is saying, "Here's blood". Not sure how she made it that far but she did. He shot both of his doe with the two-blade Rage broadheads, Mission UX2 (Mathews....shameless plug) set at 60 lbs. I am extremely happy with his patience and shot placement. The fact that these were his first two deer with a bow only cemented Bowhunting in his future. He just turned fourteen so I look forward to hunting with him for many years to come. We were both very excited over his accomplishment and had a great two days of hunting/spending time together.
Deer never knew we were there until they heard him draw.
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