How long before your first archery deer?

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How long before your first archery deer?

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I was just thinking that it took me four looong seasons of hunting with archery tackle before I learned enough from my mistakes to bag my first deer--a big doe. I started bow hunting in the late 80's and we didn't have all of the media available to us hunters that we do nowadays back then; I also didn't know anyone else that bow hunted at the time so I had to learn on my own. So, I thought it would be neat to hear how long it took others to bag their first archery deer and whether it was a buck or a doe.
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2yrs 30-40 posts and counting, my posts are on average from 40min to 2-3hrs max
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I got my first crossbow and put it together shot it a few times to dial it in even out to 50 yards went hunting about a week later and killed a doe while sitting next to a trail (20 yard shot)
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5 posts on stand.. purchased an 18 year old darton compound bow.. shot and practiced with it over the summer... 5th time on stand, shot a nice big 9 point buck...
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Twelve years and one week of hunting :)

We weren't allowed to hunt in pa before you were twelve years old...but one week into my first archery hunt I got my first doe with a 35 lb bear compound bow.
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started hunting with archery in 1981 and after 2 hours on stand took a nice little 9 pointer :wink: ....
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Been hunting 25+ yrs but this season will be only my second time bow hunting, so am hoping I get one this year, last year I did not even see a deer during bow :(
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Back in 68 I shot my first bow kill with a 42 pound Ben Pearson Recurve. I shot a fork horn buck on a deer drive my friends parents were making to us. He came in behind me on the drive I do not even think he was aware that folks were coming the other way as they had just started the drive. It as more of a sneak hunt then a drive for the parents that were doing it and the mother did not bow hunt she was just walking to keep the deer in the right direction. That would have been my second year of bow hunting. We used to practice shooting ground squirrels with bows at the fair grounds. That was good practice. :D
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My first year of bow hunting 1997 I had hunted for 9 or 10 afternoons in a row on a White Oak flat before harvesting a doe as the sun began to fall on a Hallowen hunt. First deer I ever drew on, I shot straight down with a old Golden Eagle compound striking her directly in the spine and exiting through the bottom of the chest with a 100 grain 3 blade Satelite Broadhead. Zero distance travelled. I will never forget that hunt very magical for me :D :D
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I started bow hunting in 1998. Killed my first deer in 2000. 8 point buck, not huge, 16 inches inside, short tines. Saw him come into the field 200 yards away, as he walked across the field he hit my scent drag, put his nose to the ground and fallowed it right too me. I shot him at 7 yards broadside. This was also the first year I was in a tree stand. I'll never forget that day.
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Will let you know when it happens.
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Several years before shooting and recovering one with a compound bow.

Bought my first Xcal two years ago. Killed a doe on the first trip out. Second trip out killed another doe and my first 10 point after 32 years of deer hunting. It's been a match made in heaven. :)
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took me about 3 years before i got my first with a xbow,it was a doe! now Kathy got her license about 3 years ago and shot a buck about the fifth time in the stand and shot her second last year!
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7 years until I got my first chance at a shot with my xbow.
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Two years before success . :)
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