roymunson
5 year old buck +
After getting back from 10 days in colorado, I figured I'd let my hunting lay a little bit and take care at home. But my better half said she thought it'd be a good idea to spend some time with my oldest, who finally gets to be the trigger guy this year.
So we rolled out Saturday evening to the blind overlooking the new alfalfa/Chicory plot I planted this spring.
We had deer in it almost immediately, and his self imposed threshold was "anything bigger than a 4 point".
Well, a year old 8 point came by, thru a window we weren't ready to shoot out of, and he didn't get on him. After an emotional dump and being bummed, I told him to wait. This alfalfa plot serves as a staging area as they head into a beans field.
Sure enough, we soon had 4 bucks in the plot. 2 small ones, a 115" 8 point, and a 145" or so 12 pt that I knew.
The smaller bucks started past us and I told him if he wants to shoot the big one he may have a chance. Nope, he was very satisfied to shoot the first buck with more than 4 points to come by. And I was fine with that.
Shot this guy at 25 yards, ended up being slightly quartered to but the arrow blew right thru him.
We didn't have a ton of blood, so we decided to come back Sunday after church. I didn't have tracking help and mom and 3 little boys aren't very much help either, so I called a buddy of a buddy who has a little 1/2 dachund and 1/2 jack russel Terrior tracking dog. Put the little guy on a leash and he took off down the trail from last blood. About 50 yards into the woods, he made a sharp right hand turn and walked right up to the thing. He'd got down wind and got us right to the deer. I may or may not have found it, but the guy was super gracious and happy to help a kid find his first deer. Great phone number to have in your phone.
Needless to say, it was a proud dad moment for me, and Boone was pretty proud to get his first deer.
So we rolled out Saturday evening to the blind overlooking the new alfalfa/Chicory plot I planted this spring.
We had deer in it almost immediately, and his self imposed threshold was "anything bigger than a 4 point".
Well, a year old 8 point came by, thru a window we weren't ready to shoot out of, and he didn't get on him. After an emotional dump and being bummed, I told him to wait. This alfalfa plot serves as a staging area as they head into a beans field.
Sure enough, we soon had 4 bucks in the plot. 2 small ones, a 115" 8 point, and a 145" or so 12 pt that I knew.
The smaller bucks started past us and I told him if he wants to shoot the big one he may have a chance. Nope, he was very satisfied to shoot the first buck with more than 4 points to come by. And I was fine with that.
Shot this guy at 25 yards, ended up being slightly quartered to but the arrow blew right thru him.
We didn't have a ton of blood, so we decided to come back Sunday after church. I didn't have tracking help and mom and 3 little boys aren't very much help either, so I called a buddy of a buddy who has a little 1/2 dachund and 1/2 jack russel Terrior tracking dog. Put the little guy on a leash and he took off down the trail from last blood. About 50 yards into the woods, he made a sharp right hand turn and walked right up to the thing. He'd got down wind and got us right to the deer. I may or may not have found it, but the guy was super gracious and happy to help a kid find his first deer. Great phone number to have in your phone.
Needless to say, it was a proud dad moment for me, and Boone was pretty proud to get his first deer.
