My Son's First Deer!!!

[Hondo65]

<blockquote>  Well Mitch (15) shot his first deer last night. 5 point buck, first deer, first buck, first bow kill! I am pumped and so is he. He actually shot twice. The first shot was only 5 yards and he shot over his back. We were in a double ladder stand and I was holding his waist to try and calm him as he was shaking hard! SO was I!. The buck looked around after the shot and then just started walking away in front of us. He got to the logging trail and I grunted to stop him Mitch was at full draw. The buck just looked back and Mitch had to hold his draw. Finally the buck took a couple more steps and turned broadside. Mitch let the shot fly and I watched as the arrow hit the buck. Well placed shot, a little low and back . We waited a half hour all smiles and laughs. We tracked the buck up into a pine swamp not alot of blood. I jumped the buck and he ran toward us wheezing badly. he ran right by me so close I could have almost clubbed him. He then held up in some thick stuff. We backed out and went back this morning and found him in about 5 minutes. A fox had taken a little bit out of his shoulder near the entry wound and after sitting all night he was a little ripe but Mitch did a great job on field dressing his first deer. And as bad as it smelled he is psyched to hunt for more. What a great season so far.  Hondo    </blockquote>

[Santamour123]

congrats. And a great lesson early about importance of backing out.

[skyzmine]

congrats on your 1st kill

[Cabin Fever]

VERY Cool!!! Congrats!! Been trying to get my 15 year old his first with a bow also, but so far, no luck.

[covert]

Nice one!  :)  Congratulations!

My first bow buck was a 5 pt too but I was a lot older than 15 unfortunately. :

[mkrafty133]

Nice shooting. He will remeber this forever. Congrats!!

[NYBowhunter]

Congrats and great story.

[crappyice]

well done.

[ballbusta]

Congrats nice way to start the season

[First-light]

Love it, great job!

[WNYBuckHunter]

Awesome! Congrats to him!

[Fantail]

Good hunting!

[TH41]

Congrats to him on a fine buck! Awesome!

[HHC1]

Hondo & Mitch....great job guys! First bow kill and to be able to share that with your son. That is what it is all about.

[bushnell]

Congrats to both you and your son

[ny hunter]

Con grats great story even better memory for you and your son way to go...................................

[ny_deer_hunter]

Awesome!!  And he will now be hooked for life. Way to pass the tradition on to the next generation!

[Karpteach]

Good for the both of you!

[nybuckboy]

great story... better ending... recovery

[33Canuck]

Congrats to him!  Great job

[Geno C]

nice buck congrats!

[Hoyt 300]

I have helped 3 young men learn to Bowhunt ( my 2 sons and thier best friend ). The thrill of them getting thier first Bow kill is actually better than me getting one.

[NY Trophy Hunter]

Way to go! Congrats on a good buck! 

[wnyhunter]

tell him congrats, he's a lifer now.

[First-light]

Hoyt 300,

I helped a 14 year old get his first bow deer last year, it was one of the best experiences in the outdoors for me. I hope to do it again this year.

keep up the good work!