My First Bow Buck...and I am 10 :) w/video
It was my week off for Thanksgiving from school so we went to out deer lease in Carta Valley, Texas. My dad had already shot his monster "Grave Digger" so it was my turn now. There was one deer that I liked, we called him "unicorn" because of the left antler was straight with a small kicker going back into his head. After we got there and settled in, we headed oiut on Tuesday evening. All we was were 2 small cull bucks, but I passed.
We then went out early morning the next day. After at least 1 hour, "unicorn" came running by. I almost had a shot, but I had buck fever BAD! After he left I told my dad, "It's my first bow buck, it doesn't have to be an excellent 8 point buck like Unicorn"! We came back later that evening. A good, long, spike came along. I took a shot, but hit the blind window. We had checked to make sure my bow cleared the window when we first got in the blind, but the sharp angle put my bow to the side more instead of the lower part of window. The spike ran but later as dad said he came back!
I pulled back my 33 pound Browning Micro Adrenaline and Anchored, Aimed, and Released! He must of heard it because I hit far back, when I aimed at the heart and lungs. We watched the video and then looked for blood where the deer was standing, but there was no blood at all. As hard as it was to do, dad said we should wait a few hours, maybe over night since cold enough outside and no coyotes. The next day we brought out the secrete weapon, Ellie, our new tracking dog we are training! She searched and searched but was chasing fresher trails we think. We never were able to put her on blood. We looked and decided to take the dog back to camp and dad said he would come back and find my deer.
My dad went back to look and guess what? He found my deer! I was so happy he found it. He text mom and said, "tell Trey to get dressed it was picture time"! Dad had found more blood while looking and confirmed trail deer took and then did a grid search and found it about an hour later. Ellie and I got ready again and dad came and got us. We went to the blood he found and put the dog on it and this time she went straight to the deer. We were all happy and headed back for camp with my first bow buck. I had hit the liver dead on and the buck had went 222 yards according to dads GPS on his iphone4. The deer was bedded along the creek- we made the right decission in waiting to not push the buck. As we drove up at camp- "unicorn" was on the back of a gun hunters four wheeler, but oh well, Ive got me my prize!
Here is very short Iphone video
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9PTfWMBPu8"]Treys first bow buck - YouTube[/ame]
here are some pictures...
after all said and done...dad took me up to the overlook area on the ranch. The elevation is 1990- been higher in real mountains, but high enough in Texas. We later found out the prior rancher called it aggie point. Didnt know that when took picture there in aggie shirt.
We then went out early morning the next day. After at least 1 hour, "unicorn" came running by. I almost had a shot, but I had buck fever BAD! After he left I told my dad, "It's my first bow buck, it doesn't have to be an excellent 8 point buck like Unicorn"! We came back later that evening. A good, long, spike came along. I took a shot, but hit the blind window. We had checked to make sure my bow cleared the window when we first got in the blind, but the sharp angle put my bow to the side more instead of the lower part of window. The spike ran but later as dad said he came back!
I pulled back my 33 pound Browning Micro Adrenaline and Anchored, Aimed, and Released! He must of heard it because I hit far back, when I aimed at the heart and lungs. We watched the video and then looked for blood where the deer was standing, but there was no blood at all. As hard as it was to do, dad said we should wait a few hours, maybe over night since cold enough outside and no coyotes. The next day we brought out the secrete weapon, Ellie, our new tracking dog we are training! She searched and searched but was chasing fresher trails we think. We never were able to put her on blood. We looked and decided to take the dog back to camp and dad said he would come back and find my deer.
My dad went back to look and guess what? He found my deer! I was so happy he found it. He text mom and said, "tell Trey to get dressed it was picture time"! Dad had found more blood while looking and confirmed trail deer took and then did a grid search and found it about an hour later. Ellie and I got ready again and dad came and got us. We went to the blood he found and put the dog on it and this time she went straight to the deer. We were all happy and headed back for camp with my first bow buck. I had hit the liver dead on and the buck had went 222 yards according to dads GPS on his iphone4. The deer was bedded along the creek- we made the right decission in waiting to not push the buck. As we drove up at camp- "unicorn" was on the back of a gun hunters four wheeler, but oh well, Ive got me my prize!
Here is very short Iphone video
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9PTfWMBPu8"]Treys first bow buck - YouTube[/ame]
here are some pictures...
after all said and done...dad took me up to the overlook area on the ranch. The elevation is 1990- been higher in real mountains, but high enough in Texas. We later found out the prior rancher called it aggie point. Didnt know that when took picture there in aggie shirt.
and same woods I searched 6 plus hours
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