My legacy......or the start thereof!

[buck man]

This season was tough for me. I shot a doe second to last day of season. It was an awesome hunt. I don't want you to think I am belittling the doe and the meat she will provide. It was just not the buck I had been watching. Well next year Will bring new opportunities. This isn't the reason for this post however.

I started going through my pics of my # 2 daughter and her hunting history and decided to post them instead of mine!! She was the only one of my daughters that was able to hunt this year and I guess I got a little sentimental.  .

She is a real trooper. We had a lot of 2.5-3.5 year old bucks this year, but only a couple shooters and they were really being difficult. We decided that if we couldn't kill them, then we would shoot a doe on the last day we could hunt. She really wanted a buck, but decided that a doe would be cool since she had never shot one. She made a perfect double lung shot at 20 yards. With both lungs gone, the doe only went 30 yards and piled up. Now what separates her from a lot of other young ladies is I wasn't home, so the tracking, dragging, loading on 4wheeler, and gutting, and hanging were all done solo!  I got home and her doe was hanging from the forks of my forklift. I don't know if I could have done it any better. .

So I am going to post a few pics of her hunting history starting with the first and ending with her doe. ( I couldn't find a picture of her very first buck that she shot with a rifle when she was 11. She also shot her bear when she was 11. The bull when she was 13 and her first bow kill deer when she was 13. Every other deer was killed with her bow also.)  Enjoy. I know I do. Sorry for the non deer species on this thread. Hope it's alright. There is even a tuna thrown in . Don't have a pic of her 32# king .

Needless to say dad is just a little bit nostalgic....perhaps a little proud also. My little girl is 20 now and will finish her schooling this January. I don't know how many hunting seasons I will get with her now that her"real" life will start. I will take all I can get though and count myself lucky

[kenzmad]

Thats a pretty cool photo montage. Good for her and great job dad! Thats one mean looking doe though

[buck man]

oops forgot one

[runamuk]

 

[buck man]

She's not always super focused in the stand either...pearl earrings, and perfectly tweezed eyebrows.  . Then there's the infamous selfie.

[runamuk]

I dunno she looks like the perfect legacy.....

[blackveltbowhunter]

Great Post! Nice pics  hope you share many more seasons together!

[Wea300mag]

Nice work dad and daughter.

[Watimberghost]

That's awesome buck man! My boys are a little young still, but I cant wait for the day that I get to share hunting experience with them. Your pictures show a lucky dad and a lucky daughter! Thanks for sharing

[Kazekurt]

My daughter turned 11 on the 20th and next year will be here first year hunting big game!  I'm very excited.

[MagKarl]

Well done Buck Man. 

[Jingles]

Congrats on a wonderful montage of memory pictures that is a legacy that you will both remember for a lifetime

[HornHoarder]

Congratulations to you and your daughter  Looks like she has been raised right!

[ghosthunter]

And that sir is exactly what it is all about. This may be one of the best posts I have read this year. You sir are a hunter.
Many people do not understand the importance of getting young people involved and more importantly young women who will raise the next generation of hunters and who will some day be asked to vote for or againist hunting.

My hat is off to you.

You had a great season.

[blacktailer]

Good for you Dad.  That is quite a collection of trophies hhas.

[ghosthunter]

Oh yeah I love those boots.

[bigmacc]

Well done buck man,keep it going,my great grandma started the same way as a young,en.Cherish these times and take lots of pics

[buck man]

Oh yeah I love those boots.

Yeah she insisted on wearing her floral print muck boots

Thanks for all the kind words.

[CJ1962]

Great pics, you should be proud.   

[Damnimissed]

Wow, that is awesome! I can't wait til my daughter is old enough to start spending time with dad in the woods.

[xXLojackXx]

That's something to be proud of 

[wafisherman]

Nice job dad 

[bowhunterforever]

Well done Buck Man.

[returnofsid]

Parenting done right! My adult son hunts rifle and archery. my two adult daughters do not but they fish. My 8 year old daughter definitely wants to hunt and wants to archery hunt at that!

[Birddogman]

Need more dads doing this with their kids!  Job well done!

[Dave of TDG-Farms]

Outstanding post buck man! If I hadnt of already decided, for Christmas to pay for my daughters deer tag and cover all the hunting expensive for next year, this post woulda pushed me into doing it

[buck man]

Outstanding post buck man! If I hadnt of already decided, for Christmas to pay for my daughters deer tag and cover all the hunting expensive for next year, this post woulda pushed me into doing it

 

[Biggerhammer]

Outstanding!

[lokidog]

     My daughter, at 17, got her first deer this year (first year she wanted to hunt). Hopefully, she will want to hunt some more with dad since it looks like she will be going to U of A Anchorage next fall.

Nice photos.

[Becky]

  awesome. I wish my dad had taken me out.. For anything like this.

[REHJWA]

Looks likes an awesome trip down memory lane and some time well spent. Congratulations!

[actionshooter]

You should be proud, looks like you have a reason too!

[deltaops]

Great memories indeed!  Thank you for sharing.

[HotRod]

   Great post buck man!  This was my first year with my kids. They both lost a shirt tail and had tag soup but they're both learning and we're spending quality time together. Just the beginning of some great memories.

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Real cool!