Ddog
11-25-2008, 09:27 PM
well i took a youngster hunting this evening, received permission from his parents to get him out of school at 2pm (an hour early). and take him to a spot that i knew alot of deer were hanging out.
he was carrying a 30/30 with a 4x scope, a beautiful little deer gun. I knew the spot where we would be sitting was a 250 yard shot to the treeline because earlier a friend of mine told me he ranged it from the blind.
i asked the young gun if he was comfortable with that shot if the chance should come, and being so gung ho ready to go he said YES.
after we parked the truck and started our 20 minute walk in to the blind we had several deer pass in front of us including one nice little buck. no shot presented itself.
once we got in eyesight of the blind i looked to the right and at the 200 yard treeline were 3 does and one nice buck that stepped over the edge and out of sight never to return.
quickly looking over and scanning the treeline in a 180 degree circle spotted somewhere in the neighborhood of 5 or so deer, one being a little buck that he decided he would take if he gets a shot.
all of a sudden at about 10 to 4 there were deer walking everywhere we looked. i told him to wait a sceond before he shoots cause there were so many does coming out there has to be a buck coming to see.
then the does all started looking in the bush and getting all excited and one doe came running out with a nice 3 point on her tail, thats the deer he wants now! i told him to get ready and use the stump for a rest and when he stops go ahead and take the shot.
the buck stops i hear click as the hammer was pulled back and then boom,, the deer looks right at us and then turns and faces us. i said i think you missed he says yup and has the deer lined up again right in the chest he is slightly quartered facing us and he asks if he can shoot again. i said if he is comfortable go ahead and take it, he does,, BOOM the buck sorta did a small sidestep, then turned and went for the treeline with the look of his front end in quicksand. out of sight he went. that looked pretty good .
so we waited about 10 minutes or so and started our walk towards the deer. got to the spot and walked along the kinda trail and found one drop of blood with a little piece of fat with it.
25 yards later we looked to the right and there he was upside down antlers stuck in the dirt.
when we cleaned him out we watched a half dozen more deer come to feed within 80 yards of us. it was kinda weird all the deer in there watching us drag out there buddy. all in all we saw about 40 deer with several being bucks. boy o boy what a drag out! had him cleaned and ready to drag by 4:30 . just posting this now and i hafta go and skin him and its 9:25 the spot is 25 minutes from my house.
this is his best buck yet, and i had no problems tagging it out for him.
its his 3rd deer.http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d167/DDOGGY/IMG_0426.jpg?t=1227671907
he was carrying a 30/30 with a 4x scope, a beautiful little deer gun. I knew the spot where we would be sitting was a 250 yard shot to the treeline because earlier a friend of mine told me he ranged it from the blind.
i asked the young gun if he was comfortable with that shot if the chance should come, and being so gung ho ready to go he said YES.
after we parked the truck and started our 20 minute walk in to the blind we had several deer pass in front of us including one nice little buck. no shot presented itself.
once we got in eyesight of the blind i looked to the right and at the 200 yard treeline were 3 does and one nice buck that stepped over the edge and out of sight never to return.
quickly looking over and scanning the treeline in a 180 degree circle spotted somewhere in the neighborhood of 5 or so deer, one being a little buck that he decided he would take if he gets a shot.
all of a sudden at about 10 to 4 there were deer walking everywhere we looked. i told him to wait a sceond before he shoots cause there were so many does coming out there has to be a buck coming to see.
then the does all started looking in the bush and getting all excited and one doe came running out with a nice 3 point on her tail, thats the deer he wants now! i told him to get ready and use the stump for a rest and when he stops go ahead and take the shot.
the buck stops i hear click as the hammer was pulled back and then boom,, the deer looks right at us and then turns and faces us. i said i think you missed he says yup and has the deer lined up again right in the chest he is slightly quartered facing us and he asks if he can shoot again. i said if he is comfortable go ahead and take it, he does,, BOOM the buck sorta did a small sidestep, then turned and went for the treeline with the look of his front end in quicksand. out of sight he went. that looked pretty good .
so we waited about 10 minutes or so and started our walk towards the deer. got to the spot and walked along the kinda trail and found one drop of blood with a little piece of fat with it.
25 yards later we looked to the right and there he was upside down antlers stuck in the dirt.
when we cleaned him out we watched a half dozen more deer come to feed within 80 yards of us. it was kinda weird all the deer in there watching us drag out there buddy. all in all we saw about 40 deer with several being bucks. boy o boy what a drag out! had him cleaned and ready to drag by 4:30 . just posting this now and i hafta go and skin him and its 9:25 the spot is 25 minutes from my house.
this is his best buck yet, and i had no problems tagging it out for him.
its his 3rd deer.http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d167/DDOGGY/IMG_0426.jpg?t=1227671907