My Christmas Eve miracle

So, I've never bowhunted before, nor have I ever shot a buck worth mounting. But I picked up a Hoyt TurboHawk at a pawn shop recently and decided to give it a try.

I only had to work in the morning on Christmas eve, so I got in the tree stand around 1:30pm. I had a small buck that didn't meet AR's come in and feed for a few minutes. A little later a couple of does showed up, but they came in from downwind and busted me.

Then, around 5pm I looked out and saw another doe coming from about 250 yards away...then I saw this buck trailing her! She slowly made her way to the feeder and he stayed 20-30 yards behind her the whole way. He finally gave me a shot at about 25 yards and I put it right through his heart! I waited for the longest hour of my life before tracking him. I found my arrow with good blood, but no blood trail to follow. I was kind of worried so I went to the edge of the trees where I last saw him and there he was! He only ran about 75 yards.

This is definitely a Christmas eve I'll remember for the rest of my life!

Outstanding buck for a any weapon

Way to go Boss Hog heck of a nice buck, your a lucky man congrats

awesome deer - looks to be old too

Very well done.

Oh heck yeah!

Great old bruiser right there. Congratulations, well done !!

Great job and a great buck!

Congrats

Wow!

Nice buck!! He'll look great on the wall congrats

Very Nice. Congrats and Merry Christmas

Absolutely nothing better than that instant you see the white patch on the ground or the antler sticking up when facing uncertainty in the tracking process.

Congrats, amazing first bow kill.

Great buck! Congratulations. (Quite the private, high-fence operation ya got going there. I kid, I kid. )

Awesome!!!

Congratulations on a great buck!

Great buck; and huge body!!

Outstanding! Good decision to go on out after work.

Great buck!! Merry Christmas

Nice! Congrats!

Well done Sir!

Nice buck.

Nice buck, congrats.
We see the same thing after a genuine heart shot, not much blood trail when the heart ain't pumping out blood because it has an arrow through the middle of it. Good job

Merry Christmas to you!

That's awesome! Congrats!

outstanding..congrats

Congratulations. Looks like he was in his prime as a trophy.

Congrats on your first buck
And kill one like that is outstanding

Congrats on your first buck
And kill one like that is outstanding

First buck worth mounting.

wow nice buck !

Nice buck Loren

Heck of buck and great story man!

Awesome! Congratulations on a great buck and story! Merry Christmas!

Awesome

Congrats.

Congrats.

Great deer...congrats

Holy Cow, what a Buck.

Congrats, what a buck and what a story!

Congrats!!!

Dang fine back, Sir.

Merry Christmas indeed!

Very nice P&Y Buck Congrats!

Great Buck Congratulations

And with a Stick and a String!!! Outstanding and Congrats, your Toast and Hooked now

WOW!!!!!!!!! awesome buck Boss!!!!! a huge congrats............

Great buck and story to go with it. Awesome first bow kill. Congrats.

Outstanding buck!! I'd be happy if I shot it with my rifle, great way to get it done in a big way

Awesome job and a great buck!

Thanks everyone for the kind words! I've listened to bowhunters for years saying that bowhunting is so much more exciting than shooting deer with a rifle. I thought they were crazy because, who doesn't like stomping around in the woods with guns? Turns out they were right. I've never gotten so excited from shooting anything. It took me about 30 minutes to stop shaking after shooting him!

Nice deer for sure.

Very nice!

Man, that is outstanding! Post a photo of the mount when you get it back?

Congrats on a great buck. Could be a Pope & Young as well.

Great buck and one hell of first bow kill

Congrats

That's a nice buck!

outstanding buck

Great buck BH! You made it count when it came time to execute the shot.

Nice Buck !!!!!!!

That's a great Christmas present buck!

Good grief!!! That is a monster! I probably would have [censored] myself before I could have shot him...hahaa!

Great buck and story!

One great first bow kill congratulations.

Hell of a buck!!!! Congrats!

Great buck congrats!

congrats!!

Thanks guys...I posted these photos on facebook and one of my non-hunting friends asked me if I was gonna use the antlers for anything. She wanted them for her dog to chew on.

I'll post more pics when I get him back from the taxidermist!

Absolutely awesome buck. That nose indicates an old one for sure. Where was this?

very nice

beautiful animal, congrats.