Bowsniper Jr. Report post Posted August 30, 2011 Hello, my name is Daniel and I am 11 years old. I just got my first buck yesterday and here is the story. We got up at 4 o’clock in the morning and hiked into our blind. We saw lots of does and a few bucks but didn’t get a shot. Even though I didn’t get a shot on a buck on the first day, I saw more deer than ever before. It was cool to see what they actually do. The next day we got up at 4 again and hiked down to the blind. Some does passed by. But then, some does and a buck came. This buck kept going in and out of range. Finally, he stopped and looked around within ten yards of our blind. Woosh! I hit him right in the spot I wanted. Then he started hauling down the side of the hill. We saw my arrow on the ground behind where the buck had stood. Soon we found out, my arrow had gone through the buck with the string tracker still tied on it. (A string tracker is a really tough string that you tie on your arrow so you can follow the string to your animal, I highly recommend it especially with archery turkey.) We didn’t go tracking right away because if it was still alive and just bedded down we could scare it and it could possibly go on a death march. So we hiked back up to the truck, had lunch, and an hour later started tracking. The string tracker led us right to where he piled up. Of course, he ran down the steepest hill around. Some people say that wounded deer run downhill because it is easier for them. But I think they do that just so you have to carry them back up. He had run two or three hundred yards. As we later found out, I had double lunged him. How he was able to run that distance with both of his lungs punctured while pulling a couple hundred yards of string tracker through his lungs I will never know. I had hit him a little high so there wasn’t a very good blood trail. Thank the Lord for the string tracker, and I mean it! Thanks for reading! -Bowsniper Jr. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
desertmafia21 Report post Posted August 30, 2011 Congrats on your first buck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chef Report post Posted August 30, 2011 CONGRATULATIONS! Your first buck..and with ARCHERY equipment! NICE! Love your quote on why deer run downhill too! Thanks for writing the story and sharing it with us. I look forward to reading up on many more of your successes in the future. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chef Report post Posted August 30, 2011 Oh man! I just got a kick out of your signature too! Too funny. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wardsoutfitters Report post Posted August 30, 2011 Good job you are the KID Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues Kid Report post Posted August 30, 2011 Congrats on your first buck funny story to Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soazarcher Report post Posted August 30, 2011 Awesome! Great story! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
270wsm Report post Posted August 30, 2011 Way to go jr. Loved the story sounds like you had an awesome time in the woods Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted August 30, 2011 Congrats on your first buck, thanks for sharing your hunt with us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John O Report post Posted August 30, 2011 Way to go!!! Many old men have never harvested a coues with a bow, and you did it at age 11. How cool is that! I'm sure this is just the beginning of many more for you. Enjoy the tasty cuts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coues fever Report post Posted August 30, 2011 congrats on the buck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pine Donkey Report post Posted August 30, 2011 Great job. Not too many people in this worl can claim their first deer was an archery coues. Of those few, very very few can make that claim at age 11. Thanks for sharing the hunt with us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redman Report post Posted August 30, 2011 Thanks for sharing Daniel, great story and congratulations Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues 'n' Sheep Report post Posted August 30, 2011 Outstanding! Way to go!! Congrats...and to Many more! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stanley Report post Posted August 30, 2011 Outstanding!!!! Thanks for sharing! S. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
