Celebrate with me

[PapaBear]

When you cleaned her could you tell where you hit her?

[Bone Thug]

Congrats

[biscoiv]

Congrats

[The Manager]

Good job, Congrats

[pigstika1978]

Congrats

[RS3]

It's an awesome feeling, isn't it? Congrats!

[tduck78]

Greatness!!

[DUKFVR]

Congrats!!

[Mtltx]

Congrats!

[TxDispatcher]

Thanks everyone

When you cleaned her could you tell where you hit her?

Yes, I caught high lung and clipped the liver. It wasn't as bad as I had feared when I watched the arrow pass through after the release, but I'll say this, I would have been kicking myself if I'd have had to blood trail her. I watched blood spurt from entrance and exit when she jumped and took off, but the blood loss was contained inside due to the high wound path.

I know one thing, I may be climbing on TOP of the barn to shoot during the offseason, instead of just practicing from the loft the angle from 25' up was a lot different than the 12-13' I'd practiced from. I didn't think it would be so different, but boy was I wrong. I knew I needed to practice from an elevated position with the change from the hay bale blind to the ladder stand this year, just wasn't ready for the difference judgement wise

[Ellen]

Congratulations. You got the job done.

[ArcheryAddict]

Congrats.

My dad lives in Bellville. We will be up there tomorrow for a small family reunion.

[stickemhard3]

Congrats!

[Icedown12pk]

Well after 2 years of coming up short, I finally connected this evening. I've only been able to hunt 3 evenings this year due to a rib cracking cough the first week of bow season, so Mon & Tues I sat and saw nothing but pigs. They never came closer than 75 yards, so I didn't get a shot.

This evening I saw 4 doe and 2 fawns. At 5:30, 2 doe wandered into the feeder and I watched them for 15-20 minutes. The cows came down to the fence, and the deer started acting skittish and moved out a ways. At 5:55, they came back in to the vanilla corn and went to towm. I waited for a quartering away shot, and let the Rage 2 blade fly.

Shot was slightly high, so I panicked and had to calm myself down. I started texting my buddy and he said to chill out, and wait. At 7:00, I climbed down and picked up my arrow. Nice blood, dark, he said more than likely a liver shot. Either way, I panicked over nothing 60 yards around the tree line, she was piled up

Let me say that even though I THOUGHT I was addicted just from the few missed shots over the last 2 years, there was nothing like seeing that white belly when I rounded the trees I don't have tapatalk, so I don't have any way to show the arrow to get any opinions on the shot. But just had to share with everyone that the monkey is off my back

You never said if it was the cow or the deer that caught a rage to the cage. But congrats on the meat. Either way you are a winner.

[q2xlman]

There is no feeling like the first deer with a bow! Congrats and I hope there are many more to come!