[Dan4570]

Well, after a decade of hunting exclusively with a trad bow in bow season. I finally harvested a whitetail with the recurve bow. The night before I had missed a shot at a 4x4 whitetail buck at 20 yards. Could hardly lift my bow or draw. Discouraged and kicking myself I decided to sit at the same spot last night. 15 minutes to last light I stood up and turned around and a whitetail doe was staring at me. I slowly went back down to a kneeling position and after a few minutes she still decided to walk past me at 22 yards and stopped to stare at me broadside. I drew,breathed out, released. The arrow was a complete passthrough and she dropped 50 yards away after jumping a fence in the pasture.
Every year I spend 3 full weeks bowhunting and as discouraging as it feels and the want to pick up a compound again or head to a WMU where rifle is open. It sure is satisfying to finally achieve a traditional archery harvest.