My First Buck

[hogsniper]

Hey everyone,
This is hogsniper's girlfriend, Jenna.  I figured since I just posted the pics of his and his dad's buck, I had to post the pictures of my first buck too  .  Afterall, that was part of the reason it took so long since we were hunting from daylight until dark for the past 7 days!

Initially I thought finding a buck would be easy...we saw tons of horned trees, big tracks all over, and I had the best hunter as my personal guide After a couple days of scoping out clear cuts and hunting his local honey holes, I decided to take the rest of the week off work and we headed to the Eastside in hopes of getting another Muley where he and his dad shot theirs. Of course I figured since he and his dad got their bucks the first day, we could just hike in to the same spot and I could get mine. Driving over we saw deer all over in the fields and a 4x4 right down the road from the cabin.  I was super excited!!! So the next morning we got up at 4am and hiked miles and miles without seeing any bucks at all. Justin spotted some deer on the next ridge but they were just does...we also saw 4 Whitetail does on our way out.  We didn't go home empty handed though...a nice big grouse made the mistake of showing himself in the road so Justin had to take the shot. 

Since the moon and weather were not cooperating we headed back to the Westside to take another chance at the local honey holes.  Again, we hiked our butts off and waited patiently in clear cuts and luscious green fields. Right at dark we spotted deer coming out of the trees and they came within 10 yards of us...I thought this is it...I'm finally gonna shoot my first buck, but there were no horns!!!

It was time to call our friend who has access to private land.  Justin was leaving for Montana in a few days and I really wanted to shoot my first deer this year.  So we met up with our friends Pat and Kelli and headed out for another evening hunt.  We went up the first road and found tons of sign but no deer.  Pat knew of another spot to try so we headed up that road full of huge clear cuts. It was only about 4pm and Justin and Pat were just saying we were a little early and the bucks wouldn't be out for another hour or so.  Ironically, we come around a corner and there it is...Justin spots a nice spike standing broadside about a 100 yards from the road.  He yells as quietly as possible "It's a buck, it's a buck," I thought wow this is it! I was so excited I couldn't even see it anymore and he said just look through the scope...it's right on it.  I lined up the crosshairs on the front shoulder and pulled the trigger...it was a perfect shot. He just kicked up his legs and fell right over...didn't even know what hit him! Naturally, Kelli and I started screaming and jumping up and down and that was it...I had buck fever.  We hiked up to the deer and Justin gutted it out for me (thanks babe), pat drug it to the truck, and I just got pictures taken with it It was absolutely perfect!

Sorry for the long story but I'm still really excited about it!  We had an awesome deer season and I can't wait til next year when we get to do it all over again!!

[HuntingFanatic]

Thank you for the story! You always remember your first!.....and every other one!

Nice buck!

[jjdavis2222]

  Very Nice! A spike is a good way to start. He better make you his wife and buy you guys some boots!!  

[Ray]

Great report and congratulations on your deer 

[Jackjr]

Way to go

[cascademountainhunter]

congats on the first buck!

[hunterbuilder]

Thanks for the story and congrats. Nice buck.....should be some good eating! 

[bow4elk]

Congratulations!  Excellent photo too - great memories for you both!

[biggamehunter]

Congrats Jenna. By the way this is Jake. Tell that lazy bum boyfriend of yours to give me a call when hes back from hunting.

[Hunting Cowboy]

Jenna, Thanks for posting your story and pictures. Thats a great first hunting season and a nice first buck! (And thanks for posting Justin and Mick's field photo's) Hope he does well in Montana.

[bowsandhose]

very nice, congrats

[Dave Workman]

As my pal Brian just reminded me:

THIS is what the term "Quality Hunt" really means.  A big smile, A notched tag.  SUCCESS.

Trust me on this, that little spike rack is a huge trophy to a first-time hunter.  Nothing will ever beat that. 


Now, if the WDFW could only get this in perspective 


Oh, and BTW:  CONGRATULATIONS.  You done good.

[Gobble]

Awesome Job! Nice shooting 

[huntnphool]

You always remember your first!.....and every other one!

Aint that the truth!!!!

The smile on your face says it all. Did you know more than 70% of the people on this site wont tag a deer this year, Congrats Jenna you did good!!!

[firefighter4607]

Congrats on your first buck! Now that you got the hunting bug it will never go away.