She almost got him!

[Cedarcreek]

My girlfriend first year bowhunting. last year she shot 2 with a rifle. Sat morning 1 bear sighting. sat evening 6 deer with 3 shooter does. last doe caght her trying to draw. Sunday morning Nada. Sunday back to evening stand to get even with the does the night before. Then big Daddy walks in. Never seen that buck on camera before. A 10 point 135-140. she drew back and shot hitting him what we believe is dead in the shoulder. Tracked it 400 yards or so with only a few drops of blood. arrow must be in him. All he got is a sore shoulder. he will live but now he will not be back soon. We got his picture on a nearby camera from sunday morn at 4am he is a dandy. Maybe next time.

[DonBo]

It's never easy to hit and lose a deer. When it happens to be your first it must hurt that much more. Hope she doesn't want to give up on the sport. Anyone that hunts long enough will eventually be in her same shoes.

Tell her to learn from the experience and keep her head up. She'll get another crack at him.

BTW, it just wouldn't have been right for her first deer to that big of a buck anyway. What would she do for an encore? No, it just wouldn't be right.

[pinkfloyd4ever]

if ya keep seeing him on your trail cam then he is in the area, use that to try and track his coming and going, never say never

[Cooter]

That stinks but its part of bowhunting. Can you post the trailcam pic of the big guy?

[imhooked]

In my first year of bowhunting a big nontypical came into range.

I guess I got a little, "buck fever" and took a bad shot.

The arrow hit a sapling on it's way to the vitals and lost some of it's juice.

It struck the deer behind the leg, got stuck, and fell out while the deer was running.

It only made me more enthusiastic about bowhunting.

The worst part is a co-worker got him that rifle season

[WalleyeChaser]

Had a similar situation 6 years back, my first year of bowhunting! Every thing went as planned but the falling of the buck. He was about the same size as the one you mentioned. Pulled back, let it go, ducked string, and wammy a little high right on a rib bone. Can still see the shot in my head to this day! I was shooting expandables at the time. Tracked for about 50 yds. in a light misty rain, found the arrow with only one blade opened up, only blood on the tip, so i knew he would live to see another day. And sure enough a month later he was back on my cam but never saw him in daylight again. It sure got me hooked for a few years! Haven't bowhunted in 2 years now. Fall is just to short!!