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<blockquote data-quote="tmmcampbell" data-source="post: 1691783" data-attributes="member: 13941"><p>My first bow kill was in 1977. I shot a mule deer doe behind our house. The deer ran about 600 yards and went down in a rye field. I took a couple of lines to be able to find it and drove around the field. I found the doe laying down in a cut section of the field. </p><p></p><p>I had never field dressed a deer but remembered how "dangerous" their hoofs can be from hunter safety class. This deer was still breathing so I backed my pickup up to the deer to shoot it from the back of the pickup for safety. I shot 9 more arrows into her chest. She was still breathing. I had a double bit axe in the truck so after about 5 minutes of watching her breath I snuck up behind her and cut her throat with the axe. She then started breathing through the cut in her neck. I went a little berserk and cut her head off and flung it about 20 yards away. I then looked to see if she was still breathing. At this point I expected she still was. Lucky for me the axe did the job. </p><p></p><p>Since I had never cleaned a deer before I went and woke my dad up to help me. We drove up to the deer and I will never forget the look he gave me. Lol the deer did slightly look like an overgrown porcupine sans head. </p><p></p><p>This is the only animal I have ever regreted killing. In fact I still regret it. Anything that wants to live that bad I do not want to kill. It did eat well but that was one tough animal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tmmcampbell, post: 1691783, member: 13941"] My first bow kill was in 1977. I shot a mule deer doe behind our house. The deer ran about 600 yards and went down in a rye field. I took a couple of lines to be able to find it and drove around the field. I found the doe laying down in a cut section of the field. I had never field dressed a deer but remembered how “dangerous” their hoofs can be from hunter safety class. This deer was still breathing so I backed my pickup up to the deer to shoot it from the back of the pickup for safety. I shot 9 more arrows into her chest. She was still breathing. I had a double bit axe in the truck so after about 5 minutes of watching her breath I snuck up behind her and cut her throat with the axe. She then started breathing through the cut in her neck. I went a little berserk and cut her head off and flung it about 20 yards away. I then looked to see if she was still breathing. At this point I expected she still was. Lucky for me the axe did the job. Since I had never cleaned a deer before I went and woke my dad up to help me. We drove up to the deer and I will never forget the look he gave me. Lol the deer did slightly look like an overgrown porcupine sans head. This is the only animal I have ever regreted killing. In fact I still regret it. Anything that wants to live that bad I do not want to kill. It did eat well but that was one tough animal. [/QUOTE]
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