Well.....it happened. I finally got a deer within LONGBOW range 16-18 yds. It was a buck. He came into some hand corn I had thrown down. He stood straight in front of me for about 11 minutes eating corn and not offering a broadside shot, then finally he takes a couple of steps to the side. I breath, line up, draw and let R' fly. Crap I miss 3" high over his back. He jumps into the woods blows and would you believe it, he steps back out to the corn and offers a second broadside shot. I breath, line up, draw and let R' fly. Crap, it hits him high bout 2" under the spine arrow buried up to the feather, I hear a bone crack and off he goes. I watch him till out of sight. I decide to let him be for a while.
I get down and go to where I hit him, no blood. I start down the "main" path still no blood. I continue down the path, still no blood, but I find the arrow all intact laying in the path with bright red blood on it. Still no blood to be found other than on the arrow. It started raining but I continued to follow the path with no sight of blood anywhere. I looked for another 3 to 4 hrs. and found no blood or deer.
I can only hope that it was a non-fatal wound and he is going to make it.
I have decided to take my compound to the woods for the remainder of the season and keep practicing with my longbow. I was very confident with my longbow prior to this and the hog I hit and did not find.
I am not sure when or what it will take for me to be mentally ready to take the longbow back to the woods, but I can not keep wounding animals!
I would appreciate any thoughts or feedback.
Bill
I get down and go to where I hit him, no blood. I start down the "main" path still no blood. I continue down the path, still no blood, but I find the arrow all intact laying in the path with bright red blood on it. Still no blood to be found other than on the arrow. It started raining but I continued to follow the path with no sight of blood anywhere. I looked for another 3 to 4 hrs. and found no blood or deer.
I can only hope that it was a non-fatal wound and he is going to make it.
I have decided to take my compound to the woods for the remainder of the season and keep practicing with my longbow. I was very confident with my longbow prior to this and the hog I hit and did not find.
I am not sure when or what it will take for me to be mentally ready to take the longbow back to the woods, but I can not keep wounding animals!
I would appreciate any thoughts or feedback.
Bill
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