First Archery Buck! Caught on Video!

[Abashai]

I've loved bowhunting since the first time my dad took me with him elk hunting the lowland in the East Kootneys.
I bought myself a bow when I was 15, and I still have it and up until last Sunday still had yet to take my first animal with it.

The opening weekend of the archery I managed to head up past Pemberton and went for an amazing multiday hike but didn't see a thing. I was completely gambling on the area and I guess there is a possibility of it being good but I guess not at that time of year.
It was still totally worth it for the hike though, and a lot of fun.

http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s400/Abashai/Bowhunt_zps1261dd0e.jpg (http://s1049.photobucket.com/user/Abashai/media/Bowhunt_zps1261dd0e.jpg.html)


Then last weekend I called up my bud who's working here from New Zealand and asked if he wanted to come tag along for another hunt. He doesn't have his licence here but he loves getting out.
Neither of us have a truck so we threw our stuff in his minivan and took off after work for Princeton.
After only seeing one doe up quite high and hiking back into the bush off the roads and not seeing any sign we decided to head down in elevation a bit.

http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s400/Abashai/e2fb1809-764a-4247-b68d-0106001d1003_zps5382144d.jpg (http://s1049.photobucket.com/user/Abashai/media/e2fb1809-764a-4247-b68d-0106001d1003_zps5382144d.jpg.html)

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We headed down and since I really don't know the area at all I was on google earth on my phone and just picked a nice looking field and we just quitely watched that for the evening. If we were duck hunting we could have limited out easy, and it was really cool to watch the hawks hunting the feild the whole evening but as far as deer....nothing. Maybe my expectations were too high, but after not seeing anything I was pretty discouraged.
We got back to the van that evening and drove to find a spot to camp for the evening, and consoled ourselves with some Mountain House therapy. (As a side note I just got the JetBoil, and it totally ROCKS!!!)
I had to be back in the LML for 3:00 Sunday afternoon and this was our last chance, but I was discouraged and all out of ideas of where to try. (We had already checked out all of my pre-trip google earth spots.) I just slept in and decided to just drive around for a couple hours and explore a bit before heading home.

We had hiked high and low two weekends in a row, hunting hard, not seeing anything and just seen this guy grazing by the side of the road lol!
Heres the YouTube link. The quality is poor but I thought it was cool that my buddy filmed it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5DWkJDUDlU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5DWkJDUDlU)



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http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s400/Abashai/deer_zps4f9c9892.jpg (http://s1049.photobucket.com/user/Abashai/media/deer_zps4f9c9892.jpg.html)

I may not have worked to hard for that deer but I sure worked hard for a deer the last two weeks and this was a real blessing!

[Abashai]

Dangit the video is not embeding. I'll try figure it out a little later

[adriaticum]

Ha,ha all that hiking and then he gets one right on the road. Nice work.
Iframe tag worn't work for videos. Embed the video by using just the URL to the video.

[5 spike]

Congrats to you guys.

[nature girl]

Nice archery buck you got.

[quadrakid]

Good to see a guy smiling in his pics,congrats on a nice deer.Archery makes it special.

[HarryToolips]

Awesome man congrats gettin a deer with a bow is hard no matter what..nice pics those kinda hikes are always worth it..

[albravo2]

Nicely done!!. i know what you mean about working hard for a kill, even if the kill itself is easy. i joked to my son that the next animal we shoot is going to be a hundred hours of hiking even if we shoot it in our driveway.

[kennyg826]

Congrats buddy, you earned that buck!

[Sitkaspruce]

Nice buck!!! Congrats a fun hunt.

Put the video on Utube as a lot of us do not have crackbook...

Cheers

SS

[ydouask]

Great effort guys. My Dad used to say, " Never look a gift horse in the mouth." I'll add, don't pass up too many of the " easy ones" as they may be few and far between. Congrats.

[greybark]

Hey Abashai , well done on your first archery harvest . Judging from your effort and perserverence your good fortune will continue and wont be too far away . Enjoyed your photos .
Cheers

[Sofa King]

congrats on your bow-buck.
right place, right time.
just as much luck is needed with hunting as skill.

[Abashai]

Ok so I ended up putting the video on YouTube. It's pretty crappy quality but I think you can tell I was pretty stoked!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5DWkJDUDlU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5DWkJDUDlU)

[adriaticum]

That was way too easy. Nice work!

[Antwonmh]

Congrats on the first Bow Kill! That reaction in the video was perfect, can't wait to get out and drop a couple critters!

[Spy]

That was a super cool video. :-) Awesome shooting, how far did he go after the shot? Thanks for sharing your experience.

[Abashai]

Thanks everyone! Ya we were both pumped after not seeing anything for two trips out.
He went about 100 yards straight downhill. It was interesting because he started in one direction then turned 90 degrees and charged downhill. I didn't see him when he turned so it threw us off the blood trail for a bit.

[coach]

Congratulations on your first archery buck! Looks like you made a great shot. Good work by your friend to get it all on video.

[avadad]

Love your partners reaction! I'm always stoked for my hunting buddies kills...almost as good as your own.:-D

[Rackem]

Yaay! A fellow minivan hunter lol, although your van looks to be in a lot better shape than mine lol. Congrats on your archery buck! Good job!

[outdoorsk]

Nicely done. Great looking buck. Love the both of your reactions. Thanks for sharing.