2014 Bedroom Buck......

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Finnaly found some time to explain the reasoning for shooting this buck off our bed, through the little window , and  between two porch slats. Of course all this against my wife's better judgement as she knows my judgement at times is lacking and if not downright poor?   So with the typical excusises of working to much and remodeling the place, scouting time has been limited to the windows of our home. We are very fortunate to live where we can hunt! I am always brain storming ways to keep our 4.75 year old daughters attention to hunting and fishing without burning her out with it and keeping it fun. Short trips and excursions here and there. This time just ended up in our bedroom? Knowing it is opening day of archery season and the wife rideing me to get the laundryroom trimmed out before we leave for Idaho archery elk hunt in two weeks I am very stressed out wondering if one of two bucks we have seen this summer will come by one of our windows? Now I have thought the whole process out of shooting game from our windows? I firmly believe you GET-EM-WHERE-YOU-GET-EM! Be it high up in the alpine areas to down low from your living areas. We have packed and worked very hard through the years to get our game animals. As the day wore on and I go back and forth from saw to laundryroom making cuts and re-doing cuts because my mind is not thinking about the right angle of the findangle?  I keep eyeing the vast Oak and Pine landscape for the elusive bucks of the summer. So I have came to the conclusion that if and when the bucks come out of hiding I will try and harvest one with our daughter watching so she can learn about how it is done. Also I believe it is a good way to show her and just not talk about how harvesting game is accomplished. This will also fall right into her homeschooling curriculum for the fall quarter. We homeschool year round with four quarters being Spring, Summer,Fall and Winter. There is no break from learning. One should learn at least one thing new everyday. So the pictures show it all. The bucks did come out of hiding and we harvested some fine venison for the winter. The experience for our daughter was very positive and educational. She was fully engaged and had lots of questions which were all answered. We explained to her every step of the process and thinking back it probably will go down in the books (or Hunt-Wa) as one of our most important lessons to teach our daughter. If you have a chance take a child or somebody hunting and everyone will learn something new. Even if it is out of your bedroom window........

[Hunter Dug]

Nothing wrong with that.

[Jason]

House blind Buck! Meet in the freezer

[LittleJohn]

AWESOME JOB DAD!!!!!!

[wapiti hunter2]

Is he really standing on a bed shooting an arrow past his daughter? Am I seeing what I think? This is INANE!

[Woodchuck]

That didn't take long 

[MLBowhunting]

Looks like he is shooting next to her.  Nothing wrong with that.

[elkoholic1]

 

[b0bbyg]

We are having similar thoughts about the nice buck that hits our garden. Although I have not seem him before the sun sets as yet.

Saw him 2 weeks ago thinking nice big 3 point blacktail.  Went out to chase him away from the garden, actually has a fourth point up top and big eye guards. His antlers were up at eye level when I went to chase him off

Now if he would only stop by during shooting light 

[Alchase]

I would have passed,

Too long of a drag!

 

[Buckmark]

Looks like he is shooting next to her.  Nothing wrong with that.

, I just hope he did not sit down with those scissors in his back pocket... 

Good job, talk about having a small "window" to make the shot...

[skeeter 20i]

I hope you at least did the ethical thing and made the bed after you went hunting!!   

 

[lokidog]

    

Looks like he is shooting next to her.  Nothing wrong with that.

   Opposite end of a 6 to 8 foot wide window, looks pretty safe to me.   

We have harvested three or four from our bedroom window, though none with a bow.  Nice shooting!

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

I hope you at least did the ethical thing and made the bed after you went hunting!!   

 

     I offered but we had a buck to dress out. The scissors were the truth that I was working g on the house. Can't remember what I was cutting?  Forgot to post pic of the buck through the slats.

[gaddy]

you went through the window and the slats ?

[DIYARCHERYJUNKIE]

That's a tough shot through the slats   
   

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

you went through the window and the slats ?

YEP.....

[BullCrazy24]

Good shot and congrats! I love to get my little one involed!

[coyotestalker22250]

Venison breakfast sausage would make that breakfast in bed. I'd have done the same thing, only my daughter would've been saying shoot him daddy shoot him!

[C-Money]

Nice buck!! Congrats!

[cbond3318]

That is AWESOME! Way to capitalize on an opportunity given and put meat in the freezer for the well being of your family. 

Tough shot too!!

[h20hunter]

What kind of gap are we talking about with these porch rails? Could this be taken a step further and be considered practice for shooting between some elk ribs? Food plot tulips or maybe some rhodies next year?

[huntandjeep]

That's awesome 

[bowhunterforever]

That is awesome Congrats

[D-Rock425]

I really don't know what to say.  Good for you I guess.

[lamrith]

I can't believe an arrow would actually go thru those gaps and not tick a vane on ones side or the other even with a pefect shot.

Well done!

[hntrspud]

Nice shooting!  Congratulations,  why waste time and money if the meat is right in front of you.....

[Mtn.Ghost]

What kind of gap are we talking about with these porch rails? Could this be taken a step further and be considered practice for shooting between some elk ribs? Food plot tulips or maybe some rhodies next year?

Most area building codes say no more that 4 - 4.5" on pickets these days so kids don't get their heads stuck between them

[Jimmy33]

To each His own...

[lokidog]

What kind of gap are we talking about with these porch rails? Could this be taken a step further and be considered practice for shooting between some elk ribs? Food plot tulips or maybe some rhodies next year?

Most area building codes say no more that 4 - 4.5" on pickets these days so kids don't get their heads stuck between them

Much more likely to make it through a vertical gap than a horizontal one.  I left a broadhead in a fence board trying to estimate the arc through a horizontal gap to get a turkey on the other side once.   

[KimberRich]

Nice buck and good work getting the kids involved.

Maybe I missed it within the thread but... Is there a reason you went through the window and through the railing instead of stepping out on the porch and shooting?  I'm not against what you did I'm just curious.

[sakoshooter]

My brother has killed more than a few that way in WI. I don't see anything wrong with it if you're lucky enough to live in the country.

[Ripper]

Nice job   

[Halo]

Nice to know I'm not the only red neck shootin out of the window. Have yet to fill the reeezer that way, just coyotes mostly. I have had the opportunity on a number of occasions but I let the deer and elk around the house enjoy diplomatic immunity when the freezer isn't empty. Now if the freezer needs fillin all the rules will change.  Nice buck by the way. congrats.

[irishevox]

really a great shot and a good lesson, i am sure you taught her well... i say if anyone says something negative they are jealous, at the opportunies you have out there Great Job!

[pianoman9701]

Great shot and the smile on your girl's face says it all. Well done, daddy! If someone doesn't like it, screw 'em! Go post in another thread. 

[summerb67]

I say damn good shot.

[deerhunter_98520]

Great shot and the smile on your girl's face says it all. Well done, daddy! If someone doesn't like it, screw 'em! Go post in another thread. 

  couldn't have said it better

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

What kind of gap are we talking about with these porch rails? Could this be taken a step further and be considered practice for shooting between some elk ribs? Food plot tulips or maybe some rhodies next year?

Most area building codes say no more that 4 - 4.5" on pickets these days so kids don't get their heads stuck between them

 

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

What kind of gap are we talking about with these porch rails? Could this be taken a step further and be considered practice for shooting between some elk ribs? Food plot tulips or maybe some rhodies next year?

That's some good ideas? Thanks.