Finally, only took 4 years

So this morning I finally accomplished a goal I set 4 years ago, to get a deer with the bow.
I got back into bowhunting in late 2020, and managed to get a pig in Dec 2020. A nice big boar. In March 2021 I got a shot at a deer but stuffed up the shot and hit a tree instead.
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In July 2024 I managed to get another pig.
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But the deer hadn’t given me a lot of opportunities. I had drew back on 2 other deer but never got a shot away. Finally this morning I was slowing making my way across a face into the gully at the bottom. It’s pretty rocky so impossible to go slowly. I was about half way down to the gully when I heard rocks moving infront of me. Looking ahead I could see two deer moving through the scrub. Hoping they would come out into the open I put an arrow on the string and clipped my release to the d-loop. I got my rangefinder out and waited. Soon one of the deer moved into the open and stopped, broadside on. I ranged him, adjusted my sight and drew back. I put the bottom pin where I wanted and started to pull back on the release. Eventually it broke and I heard the arrow hit the deer, he kicked and ran off. The deer made its way back across the face towards me and I was sure I heard it fall over not far way.
I got my phone and marked the spot I shot from and put some toilet paper in a bush so I could the spot again if I needed to. Then I sat down and had a muesli bar.
I only gave the animal 7 minutes before I headed over to the spot it was standing when I shot it. I quickly found the arrow, covered in blood, but the broadhead and insert had broken off. I figured the arrow had gone right through the deer but stuck in the ground/bushes behind it and the broadhead had broken on impact or when the deer ran off.
There wasn’t a huge amount of blood but I was able to follow the blood trail to the animal, a young spiker.
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Great going.the bow seems to have changed almost as much as the archer. Enjoy your venison.hard earned.

Congrats! again :)

Nice going, hard work done now so enjoy the venison.

Well done Stu :cool:

Bloody awesome! well rewarded for the perseverance and patience.

Top effort

Far out, haven't the tools changed since 92 [emoji3]
Great stuff [emoji106]

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Awesome. Well done.

Top marks, @stug - the bow opens up an entirely different level of hunting.

Well done that man,wheels got larger and fletchs got smaller.

Congratulations

Well done Stu! You will enjoy that feed more than most

1992, 2024, you're on a roll now!

Congratulations Stu

Great achievement. Well done.

Cool story, very inspiring!

Amazing perserverance. Congrats on being justly rewarded.

Well done.

Well done stug, that is awesome

Well done,enjoy a beer or 3 and the venison.

Well done Stu, great work!

By an odd coincidence an old thread got revived today on which you wrote "I’ve got a 1925 type B Mauser oberndorf in 9.3x62. I’ve shot one deer with it. Once I’ve got a deer with my bow I’ll take it out again."

What are the chances?!?

@Steelisreal I remembered that promise yesterday. Better not take 4 years to get one with the 9.3x62!

what type of sight are you using, i'm thinking of upgrading

@gonetropo it is a black gold mountain lite. I imported it from the states, but you can get them from Aussie now. The other that looks good is the CBE trek micro 3 pin, Mathew out at Arrowhead archery has them I think.

Awesome Stug I know the bow challenges I took a while to get a deer with my bow to .
Doing well now all nice close shots bush hunting don't think I've shot one over 30 yards yet . I like a single pin sight I'm useing an hha optimizer at the moment .

Noice!

Congratulations! Must be very rewarding

Well done mate