Hunt boy gets his buck!

[scoyoc5]

that's cool...I enjoy seeing the kids having success

[CoryTDF]

 Nice buck! Nice to see kids on successful hunts. 

[GoldTip]

Way to go!  Congrats to the young man!

[jackelope]

congrats to the kid. looks like a dandy buck.

[youngchristof]

dandy buck kid.  love seing the kids get em.  dad, good job bud thats what its all about, getting the youngsters involved and lovin it.  you wont have to look for a hunting buddie anytime soon.  again very good job!!!!

[Schmalzfam]

Whoo Hooo .... Great Job Mister!!

[GUscottie]

Congrats to HuntBoy and more importantly, thanks Hunt for getting another youngster out there!

[C-Money]

Good going Hunt Boy! Glad you connected!

[HUNT]

Colton is my 9 year old son.  This is his second year with his hunting license.  He shoots trap in the winter and target shoots the rifles any time he gets a chance.  Took him on a prairie dog shoot last spring where he shot over 500 rounds.  It really honed his skills as a shooter.  He has been a good shot ever since he picked up a rifle.  Comes naturally to him I guess.  OK  here is the story of our hunt.

Opening weekend of deer season I was on my elk hunt in Idaho.  After I got back I was to take Colton out.  Come Wednesday night he was coming down with a real bad fever, so we decided he should call in sick on Thursday.  It was hunting fever and he couldn't wait for the weekend.  Colton and I got up early and headed out.  We had to stop for fuel and pick up Colton's breakfast of chocolate donuts.  It was really foggy when we got to our spot.  We had to sit and wait for over an hour for the fog to clear enough to see.  As soon as the fog cleared we started seeing deer moving.  The only bucks we were seeing were 2 pts.  So we kept moving over the hills and draws making sure to check all the hidey holes.  We were being real careful to glass hoping to spot a buck before he saw us so we could get Colton a shot.  A shot at a moving deer is not a good shot for him.  Soon a nice 4 - pt buck with a 3 inch drop tine pops up 40 yards in front of us and takes off over the hill.  We are sharing one rifle and its Colton's day to hunt so I do not shoot.  We hurry over the hill to find him but he is nowhere to be found. 

So we head over to another spot where I have seen deer in the past and not far from where Colton shot his buck in 2008.  As we are about ready to crest over the steep hill and look into the eyebrow I see antlers below us.  We both hit the ground.  I told Colton that I thought the buck was legal because he had pretty good sized antlers, but we had to make sure before he shot.  We belly crawled about 30 yards over to the edge of the eyebrow undetected.  I glassed the buck again and could only come up with 2 points.  He was a big 2 point with no eyeguards.   Hmmm....  So we backed out undetected to head to the next spot.  The next two spots we checked held no deer in them.  Colton was starting to get tired of walking and his feet were getting blisters from his shoes and the amount of walking.  I would ask him how his feet were and he said they are fine.  He told me later that the only reason he said they were fine was because he didnt want to quit hunting for the day.  What a tough kid. 

We only had a couple hours til dark so we drove up to a high point overlooking some eyebrows and a winter wheat field.  We started glassing and soon found a bunch of does in the field with a really small forked horn buck.  More deer were starting to show up in the field and soon a legal buck was spotted heading for the field.  We drove down to where we could hike in and get above the eyebrows and look down on the deer.  We got up to the top of the hill where I thought we would have a good opportunity to shoot from and glassed down below and the deer had moved away from us so we couldn't get a shot from where we were.     We then backed out and got on the back side of the hill again and moved about 75 yards farther down.  This approach would mean that the last 20 yards we needed to get to for a good shot we would have no cover.  We dropped and belly crawled over to the edge of the eyebrow.  Whew we made it!  I got Colton all set up for his shot and then a Doe busts us and they take off running.....  I'm frantically searching for the buck...  The buck makes it over to the edge of the field and stops at the fence and turns and looks back....  I ask Colton if he wants to shoot and he doesnt say anything.  The buck is looking antsy to get out of there.  I ask Colton again and then BOOM, he shoots and the buck drops right in his tracks....  What a great shot!  I pull out my rangefinder to range the buck and he is at 285 yards.  Colton is beaming from ear to ear!  I think the prairie dog shooting this spring really paid off for him.

 

 

[KNOXY]

that is a heck of a buck bud great job

[markts]

Congrats HUNTBOY great story and nice shooting. Mark

[GoPlayOutside]

Congrats!  And great story.  It's great seeing the next generation taking to the mountains.