moosehunter
PMA Member
Saturday afternoon I took my nephew Colton out. He's a kinda high strung and figity so we used a blind and set up in a hayfield with our backs against a corn field. I knew there were some bucks coming out into the terraced field but I was unsure where they were entering the field at. From our position we could see the everything. Late I we spotted a couple nice bucks on the far end. One looked to be tall and the other looked nice but not quite as big. I decided instead of trying to make a high risk stalk we should back out and setup on the terrace the next day.
Sunday we made our way to the far end but I didn't like the wind at all for where I wanted to setup so we dropped down one terrace. Now the wind was OK but our visability was not ideal. With 15 minutes of shooting time left a buck entered they hayfield and started walking straight towards us laying in the tall grass of the terrace. I had Colton ready when the deer was at 40 yards but I was really hoping he would turn and walk out in the center of the terrace to give him a better angle but it looked like that wasn't gonna happen. So I had Colton slowly get to his knees and find the front shoulder and keep it there. Finally the deer cooperated a bit and turned quartering towards us. I whispered "shoot now". Colton let the ML go and his first ever deer dropped in his tracks at 30 yards.
After a bunch of high fives, backslaps, somersaults, and backflips we got a few pictures and a closer look at the deer. I didn't score him but he looks like he should do around 130 or 135. Not real long but he's got nice mass and he's pretty even.
Sunday we made our way to the far end but I didn't like the wind at all for where I wanted to setup so we dropped down one terrace. Now the wind was OK but our visability was not ideal. With 15 minutes of shooting time left a buck entered they hayfield and started walking straight towards us laying in the tall grass of the terrace. I had Colton ready when the deer was at 40 yards but I was really hoping he would turn and walk out in the center of the terrace to give him a better angle but it looked like that wasn't gonna happen. So I had Colton slowly get to his knees and find the front shoulder and keep it there. Finally the deer cooperated a bit and turned quartering towards us. I whispered "shoot now". Colton let the ML go and his first ever deer dropped in his tracks at 30 yards.
After a bunch of high fives, backslaps, somersaults, and backflips we got a few pictures and a closer look at the deer. I didn't score him but he looks like he should do around 130 or 135. Not real long but he's got nice mass and he's pretty even.
