Alberta family outing

[Tank]

My wife needed the house to herself today, so I was in charge of keeping the kids busy. I asked them if they wanted to go deer hunting and they both seemed excited so we packed up and headed out. We started getting ready early enough, but by the time we got ourselves organized (snacks, snow-suits, dogs, books etc) it was well after first light. After about an hour of touring some likely oil and gas roads and glassing cut lines the kids were ready for a cocoa break. I was in the process of locating a good spot to let the dogs run when I spotted a rack poking our from a behind some scrub a hundred yards down a right-of-way. Closer examination made it out to be a small buck.

After earlier success with elk this season, the pressure was off and I had committed myself to working hard to take a large buck this November, but the opportunity to get the kids in on another successful hunt was tough to pass up. A quick shot later and we had our buck. The kids were pretty excited.

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/kidsnbuck.jpg

They quickly reminded me about the cocoa....

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/kidsnbuck2.jpg

[Sitkaspruce]

Awesome Dad!!!

Those smiles say it all!!!

Congrats on a great family outing.....and a nice buck as well.

Great to see this, lots of kids getting involved at an early age.

Cheers

SS

[CanuckShooter]

That's what I like to see....kids out hunting with dad, the deer is a bonus that they will remember for a long time!!

[ianwuzhere]

awesome! hopefully they will both turn into hunters... congrats!

[waistdeep]

Smiling children faces with a buck in the background - awesome, good job dad!!

[Lillypuff]

Great pictures dad, you will be rewarded next year with a 160 plus whitetail and a mulie draw for the Brooks area or Lethbridge area

[Everett]

Love the pics of the happy kids.

[mark]

While we realize you took a dive on yer whitey tag for the sake of your kids.....for us BC guys thats a respectable whitey!
Good memories!

[Call of the Wild]

That is just awesome, good time with the kids hunting with a deer down. They sure look happy having some cocoa beside a deer. Keep those pictures because one day they will mean a lot to the three of you.

[pappy]

Thats what I can't wait for, spending time with my kid doing just what you did. Very cool pics.

[ThinAir]

Great job Tank! Those are some awesome memories! Can't wait till I can take my little guy out.

[meat hunter]

You Alberta guys Are nasty teasing us with your whitetails. Nice buck, what a great way to bring up your kids, do it again.

[tash]

That's so cool, congrats!!

Love the photos, especially the cocoa one!

[BCrams]

Great outing with the kids!!

[yama49]

memories forever, great job..

[whitetailsheds]

Love that second shot.....huge smiles!!! Great start to a Monday morning! Thanks for posting!

[craigo]

That's awesome! I have one kid at 5 and the other is just over a year and a half. I hope to share your experience with mine someday.

[markt308]

Just like everyone else is saying, way to go man. so cool you take your kids out and show them what good clean fun is all about. I was lucky enough to have a dad that took me out hunting as a kid, now we still go together every year! Keep up the good work! cheers

[srupp]

absolutley awesome....even the DOGS are smiling...lol..

THATS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT...plus bonus points from the Bride...

steven

[Tank]

Thanks for the great comments, guys!

[835]

That is fruggin cute!
the last pic with the kids in the fore ground and the buck sorta hiding in the back

[sheephunterab]

Absolutely awesome pics!

[Blacktail]

awesome Tank

reminds me of when my son was that age and we went for drives lookin for animals
that was over 25 years ago but brings back warm memories.

[huntingmom]

Awesome pictures dad.....
You're on your way on building a long lasting relationship with your kids....kudos to you.

When my husband makes hot chocolate for his daughters....he's high on their pedestal.
Your kids might get excited about the deer...but they definitley won't forget about the hot chocolate.