Joe89
11-07-2006, 07:12 PM
I'm a little embarrased .
My second year of hunting and nothing so far, except grouse and rabbits. My hunting partners are picky with what they shoot and so I have become that way also. I've passed up on quite a few animals. I got my White tail doe draw this year and so did my son and my daughter (this is their first year hunting). Well, with only 8 days left of the draw and no deer in the freezer yet, my hunting partner (who also including his wife and kids has 3 doe draws, not filled), says to start filling tags.
I head out today, by myself, around noon, I'm not even 15 minutes up the road and I spot a deer out of the corner of my eye, 30 yards off the road. I get out and load up and look through the trees, all I see is the back 1/2 of the deer. I now know it's a white tail. I fire 1 shot and it's down. I'm vibrating pretty good by now, lmao. I was a little dissapointed in the size, but still pumped about getting my first deer. I was a little nervous gutting it by my self with no one else around, but all went well.
I shot it with my daughters Marlin 30as 30/30 with 170 gr bullets.
Got it loaded up in the truck and started heading down the hill, 15 minutes later I'm in cell range, I go to phone my daughter to tell her, that her gun was the one to get the first deer, when all of a sudden I realize that I left her gun beside the gut pile, doh. Back up the hill I go and retrieve it, lol.
So now the contest is on, my daughter and son are out to get a bigger deer than dad, kids want me to let them skip school tomorrow , so they can show dad up. lol
Let's see if the pics work.
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p309/adventu/wtd061.jpg
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p309/adventu/wtd062.jpg
My second year of hunting and nothing so far, except grouse and rabbits. My hunting partners are picky with what they shoot and so I have become that way also. I've passed up on quite a few animals. I got my White tail doe draw this year and so did my son and my daughter (this is their first year hunting). Well, with only 8 days left of the draw and no deer in the freezer yet, my hunting partner (who also including his wife and kids has 3 doe draws, not filled), says to start filling tags.
I head out today, by myself, around noon, I'm not even 15 minutes up the road and I spot a deer out of the corner of my eye, 30 yards off the road. I get out and load up and look through the trees, all I see is the back 1/2 of the deer. I now know it's a white tail. I fire 1 shot and it's down. I'm vibrating pretty good by now, lmao. I was a little dissapointed in the size, but still pumped about getting my first deer. I was a little nervous gutting it by my self with no one else around, but all went well.
I shot it with my daughters Marlin 30as 30/30 with 170 gr bullets.
Got it loaded up in the truck and started heading down the hill, 15 minutes later I'm in cell range, I go to phone my daughter to tell her, that her gun was the one to get the first deer, when all of a sudden I realize that I left her gun beside the gut pile, doh. Back up the hill I go and retrieve it, lol.
So now the contest is on, my daughter and son are out to get a bigger deer than dad, kids want me to let them skip school tomorrow , so they can show dad up. lol
Let's see if the pics work.
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p309/adventu/wtd061.jpg
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p309/adventu/wtd062.jpg