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A big step forward
« on: November 02, 2022, 05:23:54 PM »
My 14 year old son was successful on killing his first big game animal this morning. 15 minutes into legal shooting light we ran into a cow and she must have been confused with what we were cause she gave him all the time in the world to put a single shot through her neck dropping her in her tracks! ( I told him just behind the front leg center mass but what the hell does dad know)😂 pretty proud of the guy for taking a step towards becoming a young man.
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Re: A big step forward
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2022, 05:27:51 PM »
Love this!! Great job to both of you Mike!!
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Re: A big step forward
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2022, 05:43:03 PM »
 :tup:
This is very cool, something I love to see.  Congrats to the hunter and a great dad for making it happen!
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Re: A big step forward
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2022, 06:30:45 PM »
Very cool that’s awesome thank you for sharing I love these type of threads
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Re: A big step forward
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2022, 07:06:59 PM »
Nice piece of meat bro!
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Re: A big step forward
« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2022, 07:17:34 PM »
 :tup:
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Re: A big step forward
« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2022, 09:44:50 AM »
Good deal! Looks like that bullet did some serious neck damage to put it down hard. Enjoy that elk meat.

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Re: A big step forward
« Reply #7 on: November 03, 2022, 10:05:35 AM »
Congratulations. Great work Dad getting him out there. That neck shot, if it's anything like the first elk I shot, was likely not intentional. I also aimed behind the shoulder and also hit the elk in the neck. Dead is dead!  :chuckle:
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Re: A big step forward
« Reply #8 on: November 03, 2022, 10:05:48 AM »
Fantastic!  Congratulations to the young man (and Dad too)!  :tup:
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Re: A big step forward
« Reply #9 on: November 03, 2022, 11:01:22 AM »
Congratulations. Great work Dad getting him out there. That neck shot, if it's anything like the first elk I shot, was likely not intentional. I also aimed behind the shoulder and also hit the elk in the neck. Dead is dead!  :chuckle:

 :chuckle: :chuckle:  Both of my oldest daughters did the same thing on their first deer. Aimed tight to the shoulder and made a perfect miss.  I told them if you are going to miss by over a foot then that is the perfect miss....

Congrats to the young hunter!
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Re: A big step forward
« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2022, 06:46:10 PM »
Yaassss!

I recently had an opportunity to shoot my first elk(I’m 50) and I missed, so if he intended to shoot behind the shoulder and hit the neck and he killed her, he did better than I did. Congrats to the young man.
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Re: A big step forward
« Reply #11 on: November 03, 2022, 06:48:15 PM »
Most excellent!!!! Congrats to him!!!!
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Re: A big step forward
« Reply #12 on: November 03, 2022, 07:26:08 PM »
Congratulations to the young hunter. :tup:
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Re: A big step forward
« Reply #13 on: November 03, 2022, 08:22:35 PM »
Stupendous! Good job dad. Congrats to your son.  Neither of you will ever forget that day.  My son did the same thing on a very nice mule deer at close range.
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Re: A big step forward
« Reply #14 on: November 03, 2022, 08:24:51 PM »
Excellent!  A day he’ll remember forever. Congrats to the young hunter and his guide. Good job.
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