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All Hunting => Stick and String Hunting => Topic started by: ahornberger22 on October 30, 2013, 02:31:30 AM

Title: First archery buck
Post by: ahornberger22 on October 30, 2013, 02:31:30 AM

I've shot 8 bucks with the rifle in my 8 years of hunting, it just never panned out with the bow. I've been an on and off archery hunter throughout my years hunting but I took it pretty seriously this year. Shot a doe two weeks ago and then this guy, my first archery buck, this past Friday. Saw him cruising a bench below my stand at around 4. Waited till he was almost out of sight and grunted at him. He stopped, looked back toward me, an proceeded to pee on himself. I let him walk off and have him another 5-10 minutes. Got out my rattle bag and went real light on it with some grunts thrown in for a few minutes. Gave it another 10 or so minutes and grunted then added some "ticks" at the end. Sure enough, here he came right down the run that passes 5yards from my stand. Ears back, head down looking for a fight. Didn't take him long to close the distance and I shot him at about 10 yards quartering away. Done deal. My first archery buck and the first buck I had ever called into bow range. Made it sweeter that I was using one of my custom grunts. It's one of those things that you couldn't have planned better in your head. He's a mainframe 7 with a kicker off the back of his left side making him an 8. Now on to fall turkey season lol. (Picture is of my dad and I. He might have been more excited than I was when I called him lol)

(http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu179/huntin_buck/null_zps8c16a47a.jpg)

Title: Re: First archery buck
Post by: letinmfly on October 30, 2013, 06:04:17 AM

Congrats Austin!!  *cheers*

Title: Re: First archery buck
Post by: AlanKrow on October 30, 2013, 09:37:10 AM

Congrats.. *cheers*

Title: Re: First archery buck
Post by: Pitty on October 30, 2013, 07:21:24 PM

A,

Well done. I love bow hunting, headed to OH Sun and Mon and back home and back out for a week.

Pitty

Title: Re: First archery buck
Post by: AlabamaDave on October 30, 2013, 08:45:32 PM

Congrats man!...You done good!

Title: Re: First archery buck
Post by: Turkeybuster on October 30, 2013, 08:50:14 PM

Congrats. Austin thats a nice deer especially for your first archery buck. Good luck with the birds.

Jon

Title: Re: First archery buck
Post by: B-Ready on October 30, 2013, 08:54:12 PM

 *cool* Nice one!!  *up*

Title: Re: First archery buck
Post by: BluMtnGobbler on November 03, 2013, 06:20:26 PM

Congrats on a great buck!

Title: Re: First archery buck
Post by: fargobox on November 06, 2013, 06:59:07 PM

Austin, nothing wrong with your 1st or any archery buck IMO.  Congratulations to you and for the doe!

Title: Re: First archery buck
Post by: West Augusta on November 06, 2013, 07:17:34 PM

That is a fine buck any way you take him.  Congrats Austin.

Title: Re: First archery buck
Post by: jmck on November 06, 2013, 07:20:13 PM

congrats
good luck on the turkey birds now !!!