Steeleco
09-06-2012, 10:52 PM
In keeping with the great pictures of all the lucky kids these past few days, it's my turn to share my kids story.
We started out on Wed last week in Reg 3 and did 2 decent days of scouting. Saw lots of deer and a few bears. On the remotest of logging roads in the area we like so much, we bumped into a very nice old couple looking for their cows. We were happy to share what we had seen through the day and they were grateful for the info. So grateful they told us if we didn't have any success hunting the old fashioned way, they would let either of the kids take a deer of their range land. BOO YA!!
So early Saturday morning I get the kids up at 4:30. A quick snack, some hot chocolate and we're off. We get to the spot we picked with about 10 min of dark left. Not 15 min into shooting light Shane has a chance at a decent 3x3 buck standing 75yds into a cut block. The kid must have been still asleep because he missed. We thought he'd hit him, but the way he ran away and the 2+ hours of looking for him and any sign of blood proved to us that it was in fact a miss!!
So with him all bummed out we went onto the block that was our original destination. S.O.B no sooner do we pull into the block, we see a similar sized buck just standing there 25yds into the landing. This can't be, he's standing there like a lawn ornament. Right up until the kid stuffs a 139 interbond into his brisket that is. Off runs the buck with my son hurling bad words about deer that won't die LOL But this guy we found 75yds into the junk all balled up and very dead.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/steeleco/JohnsonLake073.jpg
So now it's Heather's turn!! The rest of that day and all of Sun we saw squat. Out at it early Monday morning and still nothing. So around mid day I start to head to the nice couple's house that invited us to take a deer on their land. They have to be the nicest folks I've met in a long time. Told us all the in's and outs of what they'd like to see and when we can hunt. I made the commitment that we'd only leave foot prints. The last guy he let hunt his land left 2 gut piles in the alfalfa field. I can understand how upset he must have been. All that beef and an invite to the predators to come for dinner! So we agreed that if we got a deer we'd haul him into the woods to do the knife work.
So we get to the farm, a large one at that, around 3:30 as instructed. We get set up on a filed that was longer than my range finders ability to range!! not 10 min after the does and fawns start to show. 2 hours go by and now we've got maybe 30 deer in the field. Around 5:30 a 3x3 buck pops over the same fence all the other deer jumped. Nice buck but he's 275yds. Much too far for my apprentice. We watch him for near 30 min till he beds down and even got a few winks. So while he's resting we crawled some 150yds on our hand an knees in knee deep grass and alfalfa. We get to under 150yds and set up and wait for him to stand up. 30 min goes by when he finally stands up. But there's a fawn in front and a doe in the rear. No shot, we wait some more. It's now about 6:30 and we're still not getting a shot. We wait some more. Finally I yelled at him and he turned to look and stood up with his ass in our face for near another 15 min. And I thought hunting private land was easy LOL
Finally with my little girl vibrating with anticipation, the shot she needed came. Resting on the Bog pod I won last year in the HBC contest, she inhales one last breath and gives the 25.06 a squeeze. One shot a little back in the boiler room, but enough he only went about 10 yds and collapsed. Now our newest best friends had heard the shot and we're off in their truck to come see the action. They we're just as happy to see the buck on the ground as we we're. They only wished " you could do something about those damn does!!" The perfect end to a great week with family and friends. We've already got an invite to come back next Sept!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/steeleco/JohnsonLake182.jpg
Seems the only one of us that missed a shot at an animal was Dad. A decent bear got a pass Sunday as I too missed LOL Oh well, I've got lots of cutting to do!!
We started out on Wed last week in Reg 3 and did 2 decent days of scouting. Saw lots of deer and a few bears. On the remotest of logging roads in the area we like so much, we bumped into a very nice old couple looking for their cows. We were happy to share what we had seen through the day and they were grateful for the info. So grateful they told us if we didn't have any success hunting the old fashioned way, they would let either of the kids take a deer of their range land. BOO YA!!
So early Saturday morning I get the kids up at 4:30. A quick snack, some hot chocolate and we're off. We get to the spot we picked with about 10 min of dark left. Not 15 min into shooting light Shane has a chance at a decent 3x3 buck standing 75yds into a cut block. The kid must have been still asleep because he missed. We thought he'd hit him, but the way he ran away and the 2+ hours of looking for him and any sign of blood proved to us that it was in fact a miss!!
So with him all bummed out we went onto the block that was our original destination. S.O.B no sooner do we pull into the block, we see a similar sized buck just standing there 25yds into the landing. This can't be, he's standing there like a lawn ornament. Right up until the kid stuffs a 139 interbond into his brisket that is. Off runs the buck with my son hurling bad words about deer that won't die LOL But this guy we found 75yds into the junk all balled up and very dead.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/steeleco/JohnsonLake073.jpg
So now it's Heather's turn!! The rest of that day and all of Sun we saw squat. Out at it early Monday morning and still nothing. So around mid day I start to head to the nice couple's house that invited us to take a deer on their land. They have to be the nicest folks I've met in a long time. Told us all the in's and outs of what they'd like to see and when we can hunt. I made the commitment that we'd only leave foot prints. The last guy he let hunt his land left 2 gut piles in the alfalfa field. I can understand how upset he must have been. All that beef and an invite to the predators to come for dinner! So we agreed that if we got a deer we'd haul him into the woods to do the knife work.
So we get to the farm, a large one at that, around 3:30 as instructed. We get set up on a filed that was longer than my range finders ability to range!! not 10 min after the does and fawns start to show. 2 hours go by and now we've got maybe 30 deer in the field. Around 5:30 a 3x3 buck pops over the same fence all the other deer jumped. Nice buck but he's 275yds. Much too far for my apprentice. We watch him for near 30 min till he beds down and even got a few winks. So while he's resting we crawled some 150yds on our hand an knees in knee deep grass and alfalfa. We get to under 150yds and set up and wait for him to stand up. 30 min goes by when he finally stands up. But there's a fawn in front and a doe in the rear. No shot, we wait some more. It's now about 6:30 and we're still not getting a shot. We wait some more. Finally I yelled at him and he turned to look and stood up with his ass in our face for near another 15 min. And I thought hunting private land was easy LOL
Finally with my little girl vibrating with anticipation, the shot she needed came. Resting on the Bog pod I won last year in the HBC contest, she inhales one last breath and gives the 25.06 a squeeze. One shot a little back in the boiler room, but enough he only went about 10 yds and collapsed. Now our newest best friends had heard the shot and we're off in their truck to come see the action. They we're just as happy to see the buck on the ground as we we're. They only wished " you could do something about those damn does!!" The perfect end to a great week with family and friends. We've already got an invite to come back next Sept!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/steeleco/JohnsonLake182.jpg
Seems the only one of us that missed a shot at an animal was Dad. A decent bear got a pass Sunday as I too missed LOL Oh well, I've got lots of cutting to do!!