Killed one doe my first season bowhunting. I missed a spike, and killed her that afternoon. That was 12 years ago. At 23 years old, i've been fortunate to harvest 35 with a bow now, and have killed several nice bucks with a stick and string. I love November.

Three or four years. I don't remember exactly. But If I live to be a hundred and die from advanced Altzhiemers, I doubt I will forget my first bowkill. LOL. It was a messed up deformed horned six pointer that looked more like a spike with some trash. It probably wouldn't score 15bc points, but in my eyes it was the hole in the horn buck, a grand accomplishment inDEED. It came through the woods with what looked like a car antenna sticking almost straight up out of his hip. The antenna was actually an arrow that my buddy had released just hours before. When he stuck his nose to a bottle of Trails End 307 which was behind a clump of cane, I drew and to my horror my aluminum arrow fell from the TM hunter arrowrest and made all kinds of racket bouncing off my bow and me and my climber till it stopped at the base of my tree. The little buck jumped and ran about 25 yards to the other side of the tree and stopped about 15 yds away as if to investigate what all the ruckus was. When I finally got the opportunity and another arrow loaded, I made good on my second chance.
I waited until I stopped shaking(about 30 minutes) and climbed down and got on the bloodtrail. 30 yds and 30 minutes later I lost the trail. After an hour or so of crawling around in circles I decided to go get some tracking help. As I approached my 4 wheeler, I saw that my buck was laying less than one step from the back rack of it.
So I got back to camp with it and I had just hung it up, when my buddy pulled up to the skinning shed, and said that deer looked familiar. Then he saw the antenna still protruding from its hip and matched the arrows in his quiver to it. He had been hunting about a mile and a half away from me that morning and stuck it about 7:00am and I shot it at about 9:15am. That was opening day of bow season in 1990 and I can replay it in my mind like it happened this morning. I can't say that about my first gun killed deer. I have killed about 25 with a bow since then and it's still almost as exciting now as it was then.

Started 5 years ago and carried the bow a few times. Last week of January, no range finder, but felt comfortable to 30yds. Doe walks in at about 30 and turns broadside. Let the arrow fly and it went over her back and she came closer. Knocked another arrow and drew. About half way back, my finger hit the trigger and now arrow 2 is heading to the moon. Last arrow found the mark, but believe I hit about 3 inches forward in the shoulder and never found the deer. fast forward two years and the wife bought me a trip to Missouri for a Bow hunt. Made a perfect shot on a nice 8 (missed another 8 the day before).
Incredible feeling.
Killed my first Bama doe last year and I could barely text I was so excited. Listen to Shaw and others on here. Get a rangefinder if you don't already have one and do not exceed your comfortable distances(praticing is a given).

Having two daughters that are hunting with me limits my time with the bow, but not complaining about that one. Killed a doe on Oct 16 this year. There is no better feeling in the woods.

Just remember that the TV hunters make it look easy.

Started bow hunting when I was maybe 16 or 17, took 2 seasons to get a shot at one missed a couple then wounded and lost the first one I hit. I stopped bow hunting for about 6 years, during that time I managed to kill some sure nuf studs and thought I might give bow hunting another shot so I got back out my old pearson. I killed a couple does and had a huge thrill on every one, then a few years ago I got a crossbow, managed several does and 2 mature bucks, this year I got a new compound and so far haven't stuck a thing yet.

For the past 3 seasons I have bow hunted probably 80% of the time, I love it hang in there.

I will add that the sound of a arrow sticking a deer, that thwack, is as addictive as crack. And hearing that deer crash after the thwack is almost as awesome, much better than the numb ringing you get after shooting one with a rifle.

It's like a turkey gobble, pheasant cackle, and a deer fight all rolled into one.

This is my first year with a bow. I hunted for a month and a half before I got a shot opportunity. Only arrow I have ever slung at a deer. Great twenty yard shot. Small buck he only ran thirty yards. It was an adrenaline rush! I love it! And am hooked. Havnt had anything come within bow range since besides does

I hunted for years as a kid never even seeing a deer during bow season. My brother taught his self to deer hunt behind our house and even seeing a deer was a big deal. He started letting me tag along some. We joined a club in Belgreen and the first evening I shot plum out of arrows. I missed a spike by a good 10 feet over its back for my first bow shot ever. I didn't care I was stoked to brag about seeing and actually shooting at a deer. I wound up sticking a doe a day or two later but never found her. A couple of more years passed and I finally killed one at 32 yards being chased by house dogs. It ran into the green field I was watching and turned to look back at the dogs and I shot and I wondered what the heck that loud noise was. Then I noticed blood on the deer's side and it ran about 20 yards and piled up. That has been probably ten years ago and I ain't hit another one since! I get tore up at shooting time and wind up missing but I love it anyway.

Couple of years.

First year bow hunting was 2011. Killed a doe one of my first times in the woods. Missed a good 8 point this year though. Advice: If you trip and hit your sight and it's caked in mud, don't forget to shoot a few groups before your next time in the woods.

Wde05 hang in there ! The difference in someone that slings hot lead over a 100 yds and someone that can get their prey within
25 yds is immense in my opinion. Its like comparing a house painter to an artist. Theres alot more to be considered in getting one up close. Once you hear the thwack of an arrow impact you'll never forget the rush !

This is my first year of bow hunting only. To date I have given one fat doe a hair cut and then the next week I killed my ground blind window zipper with a BIG doe at 15 steps! I am enjoying my time in the woods even though I have yet to bring home something for the freezer.

I started shooting a bow 1 month before my first season and I shot one that opening day. I would go that morning but that afternoon around 5:00 I shot a doe at 35 yards. Luckiest shot I ever made.

A fat ol' nanny goat was my first bow kill. I missed her the first afternoon when she jumped the string, the next afternoon she came out in same spot and offered the same shot. I aimed at the belly line and she dropped straight down into it. I ended up double lunging her; it was an easy and short tracking job. Since then I've killed 3 more does (and passed on several small bucks because I want a nice one as my first buck with a bow). Can't seem to get on a buck with the bow, but then I end up shooting most of my bucks with a rifle within bow range...go figure.

I had been shooting a bow for a long time. I started as a kid. I started bow hunting in high school and never killed one. I stopped when I was in college and them started back later. It took me 3 seasons after I started back to kill one. I missed 2 before I got a kill. After the first kill, it gets a lot easier.

A doe on 11/16/1980 at Barbour County WMA. It was the third year I was hunting with a bow. I was using a borrowed a 50 lb Bear recurve, due to my Browning Explorer II having a broken limb. I had Easton arrows with orange and blue feather fletching and a Kolpin Broadhead. I was sitting along a drainage ditch about 30 yards from a foodplot up a water oak in a Baker Mighty Mite deathstand tied to the tree when she came down though the woods feeding on water oak acorns. The shot was approximately 18 yards and I made a heart shot. She ran about 30 yards before piling up. Thinking about it, it seems like only yesterday!!

It took me 4-5 years to finally kill one, but I wasn't even in Junior High yet. I flung a heap of arrows though and boogered up a few till I finally got a doe on the ground.