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My eight year old son and I had shared the deer stand together on several outings during bow season. Each trip was great with or without any deer sightings. We would watch squirrels, turkeys, and check out deer sign to and from the stand. Lots of questions and lots of information shared. I was simply greatful the interest to go existed.
Gun Season 2003.....after hitting every farm store in the tri-state area getting him outfitted for cold weather stand hunting we were ready. The first morning of second season yeilded serveral small bucks and some does munching locus pods all around us. He told me he wasn't cold when the deer were around. About 9:30 I felt he was done having fun so we headed to the house for a bowl of chilli around the fireplace. He shot geese on a computer hunting game until we were ready to head out for an evening stand.
Fifteen minutes into the evening sit we had seven does bed down within a 70 yard radius of us all down wind. He was having a blast watching all the deer action.
About 30 minutes before dark all the does became alert and stared down the ridge. He said, "Dad its a nice buck, are you going to take him?". It was an average 9 pointer I had passed several times during bow season but this situation was different. I settled the cross hairs of my 870 on the shoulder and let the sabot slug spin. Both front legs folded and the the back legs were the power for the snow plow. I knew we had a heart shot. A couple of big hugs and he was down the ladder asking me if I was coming.
I stayed back about 20 yards letting him check out the spot the deer was hit and do all the tracking. The tracking lasted about 30 yards and was like following a four wheeler with a snow plow.
The look on his face when he looked back at me and said "There he is dad!" meant more to me than any of the deer I have shot in the past 25 years. A nine pointer with a split G2 maybe pushing 90 inches.
What a great day!
P.S. I will share a picture soon.
My eight year old son and I had shared the deer stand together on several outings during bow season. Each trip was great with or without any deer sightings. We would watch squirrels, turkeys, and check out deer sign to and from the stand. Lots of questions and lots of information shared. I was simply greatful the interest to go existed.
Gun Season 2003.....after hitting every farm store in the tri-state area getting him outfitted for cold weather stand hunting we were ready. The first morning of second season yeilded serveral small bucks and some does munching locus pods all around us. He told me he wasn't cold when the deer were around. About 9:30 I felt he was done having fun so we headed to the house for a bowl of chilli around the fireplace. He shot geese on a computer hunting game until we were ready to head out for an evening stand.
Fifteen minutes into the evening sit we had seven does bed down within a 70 yard radius of us all down wind. He was having a blast watching all the deer action.
About 30 minutes before dark all the does became alert and stared down the ridge. He said, "Dad its a nice buck, are you going to take him?". It was an average 9 pointer I had passed several times during bow season but this situation was different. I settled the cross hairs of my 870 on the shoulder and let the sabot slug spin. Both front legs folded and the the back legs were the power for the snow plow. I knew we had a heart shot. A couple of big hugs and he was down the ladder asking me if I was coming.
I stayed back about 20 yards letting him check out the spot the deer was hit and do all the tracking. The tracking lasted about 30 yards and was like following a four wheeler with a snow plow.
The look on his face when he looked back at me and said "There he is dad!" meant more to me than any of the deer I have shot in the past 25 years. A nine pointer with a split G2 maybe pushing 90 inches.
What a great day!
P.S. I will share a picture soon.
