First Deer With A Bow

It only makes sense to go ahead and make a post about killing a deer right after I raved about Cabela's. Thanks to them expediting that shipment (my new climber) I was able to kill a deer while sitting in it.

It was my first time ever shooting at a deer with a bow. Before this, I had only killed cotton tail rabbits with my bow. So I am going to go ahead and use that as my excuse for not hitting the deer in the right spot. It had nothing to do with the fact that I was so excited that I completely forgot to go through my repetitive anchor position and all of those other important shooting methods.

I am going to have to credit my broadhead for this kill. I was using a two blade Rage Broadhead. That thing did its job! As you can tell from the picture, we had no problem finding and following the blood trail. Even though it wasn't a perfect shot Justin and I found blood from the point of impact all the way to the deer. She traveled quite a ways, but thanks to lessons learned (the hard way) I knew to give her an hour to die before going look around.

Here is my very first kill with my bow!

Look at the size of the entry hole.