Re: A Deer Hunt to Remember
So eventually I spot a half dozen mule deer & get eyes on them through the spotting scope - one is a small buck (Oct any buck is open)....so I get his eyes on the buck through the spotter and ask: "son, should we pursue that buck and try to harvest him? WHat do you want to do?"
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So a couple of minutes he watches the buck through the spotter & says: "dad, lets try to get a bigger one, let's let that buck grow"....right then I think to myself - awesome! I'm so glad to hear him talk like that....
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So a few minutes after that, suddenly we hear "bang"...to which he excitedly exclaims that that had to be my buddy that shot something we need to call him right away...so I tell him "na let's just give him a few minutes, he'll call us when he's ready"....so sure enough, buddy calls about 3 minutes later to tell me he downed a nice 4x4.....
So we make our way down to buddy & my son is pumped to finally be a part of a big game harvest....my buddy bounced him through the thick stuff & put a perfect shot in him double lung broadside at about 50 yards...
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So it was shot late in the day, so while my buddy & I proceeded to debone/gutless method on the buck, my son had to make a fire to keep warm as possible...my son of course also got to witness the deboning process & held legs etc to help...
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Once we had all the meat off the carcass, he headlamped through the dark with us approximately 4 km, a part of that very technical terrain in the dark, under slippery conditions....I was very proud of him, & he learned just how nice it is to finally be back at the vehicle after such an adventure!
Re: A Deer Hunt to Remember
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warnniklz
studly deer right there
Thanks buddy....it was a solid buck, good amount of meat....
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Me to the left, my son, & my buddy who I don't want to post his pic up....
Re: A Deer Hunt to Remember
Great adventure for your son and a nice harvested deer !
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