First primitive bow kill!!!

[youngbowyer]

All good things come unexpectedly. I've been trying to get a rabbit all summer but i just couldn't hit one. I got buck fever and i would get shaky and miss the shot. However yesterday was a different day. I had one of those days when my accuracy was top notch. I was hitting coke cans and water bottles from 20 yards consistently. Around 4 i decided to go check my traps and i brought my bow as usual figuring it couldn't hurt. The woods in where i set my traps takes me along a corn field. I spot this cottontail rabbit and the stalk began. I spooked him and he ran into a thicket of thorns. I nocked another arrow and aimed for his head, instead the arrow went flying into his back leg, it screamed and ran further into the thorns, I belly crawled through the thorns into a little clearing which gave me enough room to get a half draw shot. I aimed at his head and the arrow caught him in his abdomen. It screamed and was about to run but i wasn't gonna let him get away. I took of my quiver, dropped my bow, and belly crawled through the thorns. I managed to grab his hind leg and i dragged him into the clearing. I quickly broke his neck and retrieved my arrows. It's my first kill and i am damn proud of it!!

[n2everythg]

Congrads. Nice shooting and good hunt.
sounds like a good clean kill. Nice job.
wade

[Dazv]

It may not of been super clean but at least you got him. What point are you useing it looks like a feild point??? get hold of some blunts. great job mate.
darren

[youngbowyer]

It may not of been super clean but at least you got him. What point are you useing it looks like a feild point??? get hold of some blunts. great job mate.
darren

Yea field points, i have tried blunts with poor results. The rabbits jump and squel but get away so i figured a field point would make a cleaner kill. Ill put some nutters behind the points next time.

[Dazv]

Iam sure you will have a much cleaner kill with a big old hex nut on the end of your arrow. How are you going to cook him??? 

[gstoneberg]

Congrats Tom!  Our families favorite way to have rabbit is with wild rice. Get a package of Uncle Ben's wild rice at the grocery store. Cut the rabbit meat off the bones and cube it...actually you just need to get it into bite sized pieces. Put a little olive oil in a large skillet (electric or cast iron...even a wok works well) and get it hot. Add the cubed rabbit and cook till done. Add the seasoning packet and mix that well with the meat. Then add the water and rice. Cook the rice per the instructions on the box. When the water is pretty much absorbed it is ready. Wonderful eats.

George

[Dazv]

Man that sounds good

[Gus]

Well Done Sir!!!

Winner Winner Bunny Dinner...

Sorry that just jumped out.

-gus

[Elktracker]

Congrats!! Must feel great! I am hunting this year for Elk for the first time with a stick bow and I am sure its a great feeling! Nice work, sounds like you worked for it and earned it!

Josh

[soy]

Way to go man!!!!!!!!!!my only kill is a carp...bet yours tastes a lot better....congratulations, enjoy 

[PeteC]

Congratulations Youngbowyer,that's great. God Bless

[JW_Halverson]

I love wingless chicken!  I always feel jumpy afterwards though. 

My first primitive kill was a cottontail, too.  Made sting silencers right there on the spot with the still quivering animal at my feet.  I ate that rabbit that night and shared it with my ol' Scully dog. 

Thanks for reminding me of one of the best days of my life,  thanks for sharing.