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How many years of bowhunting did it take before you got your first deer with a bow?

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from buckhunter wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

2 months

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from Brian Cramer wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

I was fortunate to have harvested a six (6) point on my first archery hunt with my new Diamond Black Ice bow.

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from MLH wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

First time - still hunting.

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from ishawooa wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

As I remember I hunted for 4 or 5 years before I ever got a shot but back then the deer population in the south was not nearly as great as now. Good excuse huh?

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from Del in KS wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

Killed a doe with a very lucky shot first time out in 1973, Ft. Benning, GA. My arrow cut both Achilles tendons.

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from steve182 wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

I have to admit, it took me a few years. Had a couple clean misses, right over their backs, made me change my technique. Now i follow the front leg up to the target instead of coming down from the top of back. Buck fever didn't help. Lately i've been very successful.

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from Golfing Sportsman wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

It took me two years before I got my first deer and I have yet to get a buck with my bow, but I haven't given up.

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from rrmont wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

It was my first time out in my second year. Took a nice fat doe, and boy did she taste good!

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from timothyfaw wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

3 month. Killed it in one shot

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from steve182 wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

I was buck hunting only at the time, or i'dve probably scored a lot sooner. This year i'll take a doe for the freezer right away and hold out for a Wallhanger. Have killed a few decent bucks with my bow, but the Good ones on my wall are rifle kills. Hope that'll change when i go to Ohio in November.

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from wallofsam wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

The first month I hunted, but like steve182, I also would have bagged a deer sooner if I hadn't been strictly a buckhunter at the time.

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from hjohn429 wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

Same thing that happened to steve182 happened to me, but I still havent gotten a bow kill.

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from huskerguy wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

I got a nice 8 pointer my first time, but I've been on a 3 year drought now.

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from willkillsdeer wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

its been three years and still no luck i've had severl shots but mostly on yearlings its alot of fun and i'm not giveing up anytime soon.

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from willkillsdeer wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

i might add i've never shot at any deer ethier

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from Johnny5 wrote 2 years 44 weeks ago

i been hunting 2 years, and nothing, i shot and missed my second time out, and this season i hunted 2 weekends, and nothing even showed, i saw more deer dead on the side of the road driving to the cabin, then i did in the woods.

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from deadeyedave08 wrote 2 years 44 weeks ago

i got one with in the first year but missed a buck before that

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from MNhunter23 wrote 2 years 44 weeks ago

I started bow hunting last year and just saw one small fork that I decided to pass on. Hopefully this year I will see a couple more deer.

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from A.Johnson_08 wrote 2 years 43 weeks ago

about a one month, I was lucky enough to have a nice little spike come in my direction. It was also my first deer.

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from Big C wrote 2 years 32 weeks ago

I have hunted 4 years (although only a few weekends each year) and have not killed one yet. I hit a doe in the shoulder two years ago but she lived to see another day. Hopefully this will be my year!

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from shane mcelroy wrote 2 years 22 weeks ago

i shot alot of deer my first year but had alot of time in it. the best advice for youre first year is to be patient and study the patterns. also make sure you are pot during the rut as much as possible!

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from buckhunter wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

2 months

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from Golfing Sportsman wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

It took me two years before I got my first deer and I have yet to get a buck with my bow, but I haven't given up.

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from Brian Cramer wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

I was fortunate to have harvested a six (6) point on my first archery hunt with my new Diamond Black Ice bow.

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from MLH wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

First time - still hunting.

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from ishawooa wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

As I remember I hunted for 4 or 5 years before I ever got a shot but back then the deer population in the south was not nearly as great as now. Good excuse huh?

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from steve182 wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

I have to admit, it took me a few years. Had a couple clean misses, right over their backs, made me change my technique. Now i follow the front leg up to the target instead of coming down from the top of back. Buck fever didn't help. Lately i've been very successful.

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from rrmont wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

It was my first time out in my second year. Took a nice fat doe, and boy did she taste good!

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from timothyfaw wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

3 month. Killed it in one shot

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from steve182 wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

I was buck hunting only at the time, or i'dve probably scored a lot sooner. This year i'll take a doe for the freezer right away and hold out for a Wallhanger. Have killed a few decent bucks with my bow, but the Good ones on my wall are rifle kills. Hope that'll change when i go to Ohio in November.

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from wallofsam wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

The first month I hunted, but like steve182, I also would have bagged a deer sooner if I hadn't been strictly a buckhunter at the time.

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from hjohn429 wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

Same thing that happened to steve182 happened to me, but I still havent gotten a bow kill.

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from huskerguy wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

I got a nice 8 pointer my first time, but I've been on a 3 year drought now.

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from willkillsdeer wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

its been three years and still no luck i've had severl shots but mostly on yearlings its alot of fun and i'm not giveing up anytime soon.

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from willkillsdeer wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

i might add i've never shot at any deer ethier

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from Johnny5 wrote 2 years 44 weeks ago

i been hunting 2 years, and nothing, i shot and missed my second time out, and this season i hunted 2 weekends, and nothing even showed, i saw more deer dead on the side of the road driving to the cabin, then i did in the woods.

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from deadeyedave08 wrote 2 years 44 weeks ago

i got one with in the first year but missed a buck before that

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from MNhunter23 wrote 2 years 44 weeks ago

I started bow hunting last year and just saw one small fork that I decided to pass on. Hopefully this year I will see a couple more deer.

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from A.Johnson_08 wrote 2 years 43 weeks ago

about a one month, I was lucky enough to have a nice little spike come in my direction. It was also my first deer.

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from Big C wrote 2 years 32 weeks ago

I have hunted 4 years (although only a few weekends each year) and have not killed one yet. I hit a doe in the shoulder two years ago but she lived to see another day. Hopefully this will be my year!

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from shane mcelroy wrote 2 years 22 weeks ago

i shot alot of deer my first year but had alot of time in it. the best advice for youre first year is to be patient and study the patterns. also make sure you are pot during the rut as much as possible!

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from Del in KS wrote 2 years 45 weeks ago

Killed a doe with a very lucky shot first time out in 1973, Ft. Benning, GA. My arrow cut both Achilles tendons.

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