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Traditional Kills

Yesterday morning in PA.
8am, 20 degrees.
165 dressed.
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congrats, really nice buck Tom, I wish they made'em like that in Fl :)

I've posted this saddle kill from a few weeks ago on other threads, but will throw it here for the traditional record...
 

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Old Bear Polar 50# at 28”. I draw about 29.5”. 30” 340 GT traditionals with 200gr single bevel grizzly broadheads. Got my first deer (Buck) ever two years ago (adult onset hunter, was my third season) off the ground on highly pressured public land. 5 yard shot, deer went about 20 and went down in front of me. I was shaking for the rest of the day. Gotten a few does with the bow and the shotgun since. Hunting hard this season but haven’t been able to put it together yet, hopefully I’ll get my first from the saddle soon.
 

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You guys are laying down some good ones with the ol stick and string! Congrats. I've been shooting my trad bows hoping to get one down later this fall. Love how fun it is.
 
After missing a bunch this season I was starting to wonder if I would get a deer with a trad bow. I would get a deer in range and just blank out when it came to time shoot. I would get to anchor and just look at the deer not where I wanted to shoot my arrow.

I got over my panic by killing a few squirrels with the bow and one backyard bunny this week. This morning I finally got it done on a large doe while hunting on a whopping 3 acres I got in early this morning and could hear deer running around before legal shooting light. The wind was not very good for my spot and was blowing my sent in the direction where I was hearing the deer at. About 15 minutes after legal shooting I heard a deer walking into my setup from up wind heading int he direction of where I had been hearing deer earlier. The deer got to my shooting lane and was at 5 yards, I drew and got to anchor and let it fly. I shot right over the deers back, The deer scampered away but not far and was behind some hollies, I knocked another arrow and told my self PICK A SPOT DANGIT. When the deer got into the shooting lane I could see the entire deer but it was still behind the hollies. I picked a spot, drew back and let it fly. At the shot I heard a POP and the deer took off like it was on fire I heard it run for about fifteen seconds and a bunch of leaves rustling. It was a long wait to get down but I waited about 20 minutes, I got a text from my wife telling me not to hurry home because she wasn’t going to the gym this morning. I replied to her text that I was 98% sure I had killed a Doe. I got down and grab the first arrow where I missed the deer and it was broken where the deer whirled and ran over it when it was stuck in the ground breaking the shaft, I picked up the pieces and moved to the place where the deer was when I took the second shot about twenty yards away. I got there and couldn’t find my arrow Initially, after about a minute I looked down and it was right at my feet coated in blood. I look over where I heard the last sound and I could see what looked like a white belly but I wasn’t certain, I moved in closer and there she was forty yards from where I shot her. I was pumped By far the most rewarding hunt I have ever been on because it was such a struggle to get to that point. 92EFF6FD-99DF-40DC-9639-942A863882D1.jpeg571AB29F-0B8E-4D24-8FAF-D216E9BA4C06.jpeg
 
Thanks. But I liked him better when he was still alive. I'm gonna miss watching him.
I think I'm going soft.
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I know what you mean. If we didn't feel the lose it would just be killing. I often think after taking a deer that I was the one who made it so this wild creature won't roam the ridges, or see another sunrise or sunset. For me it's a powerful reminder of the responsibility we hold in our pursuit. It doesn't go without feeling, nor would I want it to.
 
1.5 year old button buck. Don’t know what’s up with that. It was 90# dressed. Not what a southern fawn would be. Thought it was a doe. Shot him at 8 yards early in the morning. Made 3 leaps then looked back at the arrow in the ground. I though it missed. Nocked another arrow and was gonna shoot again then seen those back legs get stiff. Down right there. Never knew it was shot.

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1.5 year old button buck. Don’t know what’s up with that. It was 90# dressed. Not what a southern fawn would be. Thought it was a doe. Shot him at 8 yards early in the morning. Made 3 leaps then looked back at the arrow in the ground. I though it missed. Nocked another arrow and was gonna shoot again then seen those back legs get stiff. Down right there. Never knew it was shot.

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Congrats.
I never heard of a year and a half old button buck.
 
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