First bow kill this morning

[Rdavis006]

Seen this 7pt about 8:30 this morning away out took him bout 45 mins to work his way to me. After watching him feed do a little rubbing and shaking the morning rain off he walked 23 yards in front of my stand broad side. With a baaah he stopped in his tracks and let the arrow fly. I climbed down and immediately my heart began to sink as I found not one drop of blood and couldn't find the arrow either. I was pretty confident in my shot, so I decided to walk back to a thicket I thought he may have headed for found him in front of the thicket bout 25 yards to the left of it which was 75 to 100 yards from where I shot him. Never hurts to have a little luck. After finding him I discovered only one of the blades on my mechanical opened later confirmed when I found the arrow. All in all feeling thankful for being able to get out and enjoy nature and that the good Lord allowed me to take such a beautiful animal.

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[Seeker Bp]

Congrats 006, Nice deer. I am glad you were able to locate. Nothing worse than that feeling. Seeker BP

[gonehunting 45]

Congrats on a very nice buck

[mrbb]

well congrats
and what broadhead were you using??

[hortontoter]

Congrats on your buck.

[Stonegod]

Nice job!!! Congrats on your buck!!

[ibppmd]

Congrats on the buck!

[ghunter]

Congrats. You will never forget your first.

[Mike F]

Congrats, on the first of hopefully many nice deer

[radicalxl]

Congrats, I would like to know what broadhead failed also.

[Rdavis006]

Thanks everyone. To those who are curious, I am using grim reapers. At this point I'm strongly considering switching to fixed blades. I hate critiquing a product after only one use, but as we all know as hunters one chance may be all we get.

[mrbb]

well I would if I was you contact the company, never know what they might send you?
and second, I would be thinking about switching heads as well, ir inspecting rest of heads I have real well for any dirt grease rust or what ever that might have caused them to not work properly
I have used both fixed and mec. heads and never had either one fail, but never used that brand, so cannot say much on them

but good mec heads these days to me are just as good as a fixed head and shoul;d work 100% of the time
good luck and again congrats!

[Rdavis006]

Mrbb these heads were brand new out of box never touched a thing besides the inside of my quiver. I guess it maybe possible for a a piece of dirt to work its way inside there somehow. Good idea about contacting company maybe they could shed some light.

[ghunter]

I use grim reapers and I haven't had one fail yet (knocking on wood) but you are not the first to have this happen so I hear. I would decently be contacting the company like MRBB said. Good luck to you.

[THEREEZEN]

Nice buck congrats on a beautiful first now go work on some slick heads

[Rdavis006]

Sent an email off to the company explaining the situation waiting to see if I get a response or not back

[BowGuy2]

Congrats on the first deer me and my girlfriend are a buddy Stand hoping to get her her first deer ever. Maybe she to can connect today! Once again congrats

[Bambislastbreath]

Congrats on that buck!!!!! awesome job!!!...your story and countless others just like it are the reason i will NEVER shoot a mechanical broadhead!! fixed never fails LOL

[Big_Holla]

Congratulations!! Very nice deer to help fill that freezer for you!!

[MICH]

congrats, 1st buck is the hardest

[trophyhill]

nicely done

[ManOfTheFall]

Congratulations!!!!!

[strutndoe]

Congrats on a your 1st bow kill and a fine buck!

[rrennec2]

If your first deer congrats ! How about taking a doe and letting the little guys walk.
Sucks to waste a Buck Tag. Your going to miss the best time of the year !
Its just starting........

[rednecklb69]

Who are you to say he wasted his buck tag? Its his biggest buck to date and he was thankfull for the animal. Doesnt sound like it was wasted to me!

[ghunter]

I'd be more then happy to take a buck like that with a bow.

[Rdavis006]

rrennec2 I can understand how you and others may feel I wasted a buck tag, however I am by no means trophy hunting. The reason for my hunting is one to get out in nature and enjoy myself, two I feel connected to my grandfather who taught me the joys of hunting before his passing, and lastly it is a way to provide for my family. I certainly wouldn't give anyone grief for harvesting any animal as long as it wasn't wasted. The lord knew my intentions during this hunt and yet it may not be a trophy in the eyes of some other hunters but it was what he blessed me with that day.

On another note for those interested I did receive a reply back from grim reaper today asking a few questions about my set up and shot and was assured that I would be taken care. I sent my reply back just waiting to hear back when I have something to update I will.

[strutndoe]

My first bow kill (6 yrs ago),was a gangly little 4 pt with 3 tiny antlers on one side and a turned down cow horn looking thing on his other side. You'd have thought I killed a 20 pt monster buck, I was so happy! I have his awkward rack up on my wall. By the way, the venison was delicious...the antlers, well ya know!
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Congrats again!

[Toke2]

That is a great photo Strut..... what a conversation piece! Even if you have a room full of trophies some day.... that one may still be your favorite......
My first bow kill (6 yrs ago),was a gangly little 4 pt with 3 tiny antlers on one side and a turned down cow horn looking thing on his other side. You'd have thought I killed a 20 pt monster buck, I was so happy! I have his awkward rack up on my wall. By the way, the venison was delicious...the antlers, well ya know!
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Congrats again!

[Toke2]

Congrats 006... And I like your perspective on the hunt.... I hope it's the first of many!

[strutndoe]

He is my favorite, though I have much larger ones now.

Don't want to hijack the thread though, my point was a first bow kill is something to be proud of whether it is a spike or monster. Not everyone is a trophy hunter. Yes, the antlers are nice and some of us decide to wait for something larger at a certain point. However, I will never get on someone who is putting food on the table. I'm sure if a doe would have come by and RDavis had a shot, he would've taken it, but his 1st bow kill being a buck makes it that much more special.

[deerguy10]

Congrats! Nice Deer!

[Genesis 9:3]

First, Congrats! That's really exciting! I recently just got my first (recovered) bow kill, a button buck. I couldn't tell when I shot, but it was made of skin, bones and meat just the same- which is why I was hunting. Nice work and I hope God provides you with many more :)