Me and my 10-year-old went hunting Friday evening and we got to this small white oak ridge and scared 2 does under the trees at 4 pm so we went ahead and got in our saddles. And around 545 a spotted fawn came in and we heard more deer coming expecting them to be the mother but no it was what we thought was a 6 point (reviewing the footage he was actually an 8 pointer) came out and then this 8 point I killed came out and them a doe came out after the bucks. Anyway, he feed around a few minutes until he got withing range and a clear shot path and he was at 28 yards quartering toward me. Back story is I switched from right hand to left hand bow because left eye dominant after shooting right-handed for 30 years. So, this was my first kill with my left-hand bow. I also went ranch fairy with my arrows around 560 TAW. I also bought a used video camera, and my 10-year-old was videoing for the first time. It was also my first hunt of the year in my home state of Alabama. (I hunted TN for first time a few weeks ago). So, a lot of first for this hunt. I forgot the adaptor for my camera to fit on the tree mounted camera arm, so my boy was having to freehand video and it being his first time to even touch the camera or video it wasn't pretty. LOL. He finally found the deer in the lens right before I shot but the only problem was, he was on the wrong deer. He was on the 6 point. So, no camera replay to check the shoot. My lighted nock came on at the shoot but after the shoot we couldn't see it so we assumed it was in the deer. After we got down to check we found the arrow at the shot sight covered in blood, but the nock wasn't on. Don't know what happened because it still works so not sure why it didn't stay on. Anyway, back to the shot. He was standing quartering toward me at what I thought was around 23 yards turns out he was at 28. So, I held a little high with my 20-yard pin and aimed for just above the front shoulder. And that is where I hit. We found small blood drops at the shot sight and a few drops where we saw him run so we packed up and headed out. I called a friend to bring his dog, but he just got off work so his buddy came with his dog. (Blue Dog Tracking on Facebook). Around 930 we started tracking and the dog went straight to him all downhill all the way to the raven in the bottom. He went 165 yards, but he was stiff, and the tracker looked at the shot placement and said it was perfect for my set up, but he said he has seen problems with mechanicals on this shot placement with it quartering toward the shooter. He said the deer died within minutes of the shot. So, I'm a happy camper. First buck kill with a bow. First kill shooting left hand. First hunt of season in home state. First hunt with a video. First kill with me and my son in our saddles together. First kill with RF style arrows and the shot was when I needed that style the most. First time using a tracking dog. Lots of first. So, blessed. Sorry for the long post but I'm so happy I wanted someone else to share the joy with. And I'm not good at telling storied like
@Nutterbuster but I gave it a shot. One thing I forgot to mention is on his right g2 he still has a piece of velvet about 4 inches long with 2 inches attached and 2 inches loose. Can't see it in any of the pictures. I should have taken some better pictures.