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« Last post by Rainier10 on December 13, 2025, 05:45:37 PM »
Not a ton of deer but there hasn’t been a ton for over a decade. Deer were not in spots that we see them every year. It was really weird.
I got to hunt a bunch with my oldest daughter. We had a blast. She got a shot at a nice buck the day before thanksgiving. She had to rush the 45 yard shot and I think she used her 40 yard pin, shot hit just under the buck.
Day after thanksgiving we saw a really nice buck. As big bucks do he bed in a spot that had escape routes every direction and not a good approach from anywhere.
This was the first time I sent my daughter after a buck on her own. We talked about the lay of the land, landmarks and if she could approach from his right. Not knowing what the actual lay of the land was she may have to come from the left.
She took off down the ridge, made the first pine tree and fog rolled in. She waited 8 minutes fog cleared and she moved to the log next landmarks. She ranged the rocks the buck was bed by she could see the buck but could see the rocks, 77 yards. Fog rolled in. 10 minutes goes by and it lifts, she just needs to make the end of the log and she would be inside 45 yards.
She gets halfway down the log, I can almost see her and the deer in Bono’s without moving. 678 steps into her stalk she slips, I move to the deer he is up, she can see him, 55 yards, no shot, he bails down hill 7 yards, she tries to get closer and away he goes.
Watching her on her first solo stalk do everything right except one misstep 678 steps in was one of the proudest moments of my life. Just amazing to watch your kids grow up.
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