Daughter did it again!

[buglebuster]

Words literally can’t explain how proud I am of this kid! 9 years old and passed hunters safety this past spring. She was lucky enough to draw a doe tag and filled that opening weekend. Fast forward to this weekend opening day of modern elk. Hiked in and spotted 2 spikes right off the bat, clearly spooked looking back the direction they were coming from, about 300 yds. As we were waiting them out the took off running straight at us. We moved up a little to get a good shot, stopped them at about 100yds but she was too shaken for a shot and told me she didn’t want to shoot. They ran over the ridge and out of sight. She was pretty upset and we explained to her that most hunters never even see a spike and we just saw 2, that’s pretty cool on your first elk hunt! We continued on to see if we could locate them again. We never saw them come out of the steep draw. We eased over to the edge and I spotted them bedded below me in a rock slide about 50yds! The one got up and started trotting off, the other stayed out. Got her setup on the tripod and she drilled him! 2 times and he tumbled down the rock slide! She was so excited, she started crying again... just like she did on her deer. Was a pretty awesome moment. The 6mm creedmoor and 105gr Berger’s did work on him! Coolest part of this is she shot it not even 1/2 mile from where I shot my first elk just one draw over.




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[TVHunts]

Awesome!  Congrats to you both!

[Katmai Guy]

That's Awesome, Congratulations to your daughter and you also dad!

[pashok23]

Nice job 

[ShaneTyTrey]

Just awesome, congrats!

[Russ McDonald]

That is awesome.  The forum is about to go down again. 

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[fishngamereaper]

 
A unicorn even the most experienced elk hunter's have a hard time finding.
The kids are getting it done this year that's for sure.

[Oldguy]

If those pictures don't bring a smile to your face I don't know what would. Nice job!!!

[huntnfmly]

That’s awesome congrats to your daughter and good on you for getting her out there
Thanks for sharing

[Stein]

Wow, reminds me of my daughter a few years back.  Great job to all!

[Griiz]

Love it. Proud dad and daughter.

[bigdub257]

Great memories there!  You never forget their first deer and elk.. I'll bet both of you are on cloud 9 right now!  Congratulations!! 

[idaho guy]

  That’s the best ! Congratulations

[gutsnthegrass]

I love seeing kids that are successful.  That doesn't necessarily mean harvesting an animal. Time with dad means alot these days!  Congrats to both of you.

[257wbymagkiller]

What an accomplishment. My daughter is dying to go hunting and can’t get enough of it. She will be 9 in January and saw this and said man she is awesome! Congratulations to your daughter and can’t wait to see the years to come!