He messed up

[Rainier10]

I have had a nice 4x4 running around my place all summer. He was the biggest deer we had seen and I was hopeful one of my senior or youth guests would get him.

Of course as soon as archery season opened he went completely nocturnal. He would show up on camera at 8:30- 1030pm, 2:30 -5am and then be gone. I knew he was close and knew it was just a matter of time.

I have a disabled senior that I let hunt every year. Lots of does, spikes and two points and an occasional small three point but he was holding out for a good shot and the chance at the 4point.  Light was always fading fast when the three points were there and of course the big four wouldn’t show until after dark.

My daughter graduated with her teaching degree last year and this fall is student teaching. She is super busy so we got her the multi season tag. She ended up not making it up for archery season but did come to the cabin last night for an evening hunt, dinner and a morning hunt.

We headed out for the evening hunt and I asked her what her goal was for this year. I’m just too busy this year dad, any legal buck will work and I don’t want to cost you any money on a taxidermy bill. Sounds good.

We aren’t three minutes away from the cabin when my wife calls and says there is two bucks and three dies in the sage below our cabin.  We head that way and get on the ridge above where she had last seen them going down into the thick stuff.

As we are working our way down slowly the wind is strong in our face. This couldn’t get better. As we move along we keep seeing deer, does with fawns, so we stop and glass the sage and move on.

Finally we see three does and a small buck below us about 129 yards. As we start to get closer a doe steps out at 70 yards and we are busted. I’m glassing to see if anything is behind her. The other deer are still at 110 yards. The for doesn’t like us being there and trots back to the other deer.

As she gets to them they all start going up and to our right. That’s when the big guy steps out closer to us completely broadside quartering ever so slightly away looking down at the other deer trying to figure out what is going on. Wind is still hard in our face. I set up the sticks and say that’s him. She steadies on the sticks and squeezes the trigger on our brand new cva lrx muzzy with Nikon 1x scope. She hits him a little far back on our side but good enough because of the angle. He hunches up on the shot and walks about 15 feet slowly and lays down with his back to us.

Just keep your eyes on him while I reload. What I don’t like about this new muzzy is you have to run a patch through it after every shot. The breech comes out quick, I run the patch through and reload. He is just laying there head up.

Wind is still strong in our face which is good because we have to get closer and adjust our angle a little for a clear shot. We get to 50 yards but he has himself position just over the rise from us, she can only see 9” of his body. We move ten yards closer and she feels good about the shot. Steady on the primos three legged trigger sticks and she squeezes off the shot that finishes him.

This was the buck that we had been watching all summer, super glad he finally showed him self during daylight.

Nothing better than hunting with your kids. I said it the first time she shot a deer when she was nine, I’ve said it a lot and I’ll say it again, I don’t care if I ever harvest another animal if I can be there and watch my kids succeed at hunting that is all I need for the rest of my life.

She is super excited.

[Rainier10]

Couple more of dad and daughter

[raydog]

Awesome! Guess she didn't save you anything on the taxidermy bill.

[Jake Dogfish]

Nice Buck!

[ghosthunter]

Excellent

[millerwheeler]

That’s amazing !  Great buck

[elkboy]

Congratulations,  Rainier10, to you and your daughter!  Beautiful buck.  Certainly deserving of a wall mount. Thanks for sharing the story amd the photos.

[Bob33]

That's so cool. I'm happy for both of you. She has a priceless smile.

[MADMAX]

Very nice
Great memory right there 

[Dan-o]

What a terrific buck and terrific story.
 

[redi]

Congratulation. Great buck and memories

[hunt6226]

Nice buck!!
Nothing like watching the kids enjoy this sport!

[Taco280AI]

Nice buck 

[bornhunter]

Great story and great photos. Thanks for sharing.

[Wingin it]

Congratulations to both of you! Nothing better than seeing success by young hunters.