Below are Images of Bow-Harvested Animals from the 2009-2010 Bowhunting Season
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Pictured above is MBA Life Member/Area Director George Fielder from Benton, MS with his fine 8 point buck he took while bowhunting @ Hillside National Wildlife Refuge during the 2009 MBA Annual Deer/Hog hunt. Below is George's account of his bow-harvest experience. Congratulations George on taking such a fine animal and sharing it with our bowhunting community.

On Saturday afternoon, Oct. 10, 2009, Todd Macko and I (George M. Fielder) were trying to find a new place to hunt during the Annual MBA Deer/Hog Hunt. Since my honey hole had gone dry. I told Todd I knew of a place a coworker hunted and had killed a few doe's there last year. So we went there and low and behold Dr Bumgardner and JJ Brock were hunting in his spot. So I told Todd we would just go across from them and have to go in blind. I asked Todd to let me know when he found a spot good enough for him to hunt. He found a trail coming out of new growth cut over that was pretty wide, but we did not see any fresh tracks on it. He decided he would set up here. I told him I would go down some more and find me a place to hunt. He told me since he had a GPS he would go on down if I wanted him to. I said no I have my compass I will be fine. I will just holler if I get lost. I went on down and found a lot of fresh hog sign and a few deer tracks. The water had been high here and washed all the acorns away. I left the edge of the cut over and walked into the woods. I started seeing a few new acorns on the ground and some hog sign. I said this is the place. I put my new Millennium climber on the tree and went up about 20-25 feet. Got everything set and looked at my phone it was 4:24. I turn it off and the wait began. About 15 to 20 minutes went by and a doe came by at 19 yards. I stood up and got ready had to stoop a little because of a limb I was going to have to shoot under. I released and watched the arrow hit the deer broadside prefect. She ran a little ways then started walking out of site. I said to myself dead deer walking. I waited a couple of minutes and thought; where is my arrow? I looked down where the deer was standing with my binoculars and there it was. There was no blood on it. I just could not believe it. I watched the arrow hit. So I thought. 15-20 minutes past and I heard something else coming. I started seeing some feet, then a nose and yes part of some antlers. I got my binoculars up and yes he looks pretty good. I ranged him at 31 yards, but wait he is going back. He stops but when I shoot my string hits my arm and the arrow misses. He starts to run. I pull out my Primos ‘Can’ and hit it three times. He turns around and starts back my way. I have another arrow ready. Shooting at pop up 3-D targets has me ready for this. He gets about 25 yards away broadside, but he is not stopping, just a slow walk. I shoot one more time and miss over his back (actually it just cut the hide and some hair). He runs a little then stops. I knock another arrow and shoot. This time my Mathews Switchback and GoldTip arrow tipped with a Rage® three blade broad head hit the mark. He takes off running. I here pigs squealing and water splashing and I do not know which way my deer ran for sure. I get down and find all my arrows. The last one is the only one with blood on it. I shot all four arrows in one afternoon. Now that's a lot of excitement for a man from Benton Mississippi up here in Holmes County, at Hillside, on the MBA annual Deer and Hog hunt. Well I started walking out a little early and messed up Todd last few minutes of his hunt. I returned the next morning and started making a big circle and found him about a hundred yards from where I shot him. He was headed back the way he came. He was a 9 pt. about 3 1/2 years old with a 15 1/2 inch inside spread. I hit him in about the third rib from the back. I want to thank Dr. Bumgardner and J.J. for helping me drag him back to the truck which was 0.7 tenths of a mile according to JJ Brock’s GPS unit.