Author Topic: Grandpas buck. (Read 7877 times)

buck man · « **on:** November 30, 2011, 11:14:23 PM »

As with most of us, I to started my hunting career off by being mentored and guided by my father. He instilled a passion in me for hunting and the outdoors that will live through me and my children for hopefully many more generations.
I still remember my first deer ...like it was yesterday and not thirty year ago. She was a beautiful mulie doe up on badger mountain. I shot her with my grandads old 30-30 Winchester. That guns serial number is in the low 100,000's.its old!!
Now my dad is old, almost as old as that gun

well not really, but old enough to know that joints fail and when they do it puts an end to bow hunting especially when its your shoulder.
My dad tried to continue bow hunting but gave it up 15 years ago. Then last year he got a new lease on his shoulder in the form of a complete shoulder replacement. He slowly got stronger and soon picked up his old recurve and started shooting it quite well! That's when the bug hit him hard to start bow hunting again.
It was time to start paying him back for the years and love he showed me. So at age 70 I set him up with a new Hoyt rampage with all the gadgets. It was fun watching him shoot a new compound with a release

He caught on real fast and was soon shooting tight groups to40 yards. And was ready to hunt. So I dropped him off at 6:45 am at a ground blind I had put up a week ago. By 8:00 am he had already drawn his bow twice and been busted twice by a five point .

. He was a little discouraged and took a break at 10;15 . We had a talk and I ran him back to the blind by11:00. He was ready to sit the rest of the day. I go back to doing my" honey doos" so I can go hunting and at 11:25 I get a call from my dad saying he shot a 4x4 and thought the shot was good.

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I told him to sit tight and I would be there in 35 minutes. I get there and we take up the trail and had good blood in the first 5 feet! We followed a copious blood trail and were soon rewarded with a beautiful young buck.!!! Thanks dad for being there and I hope we have many more seasons with the bow!!

denali · « **Reply #1 on:** November 30, 2011, 11:18:17 PM »

Way to go Dad

carpsniperg2 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 30, 2011, 11:22:43 PM »

That's great

KopperBuck · « **Reply #3 on:** November 30, 2011, 11:43:01 PM »

PolarBear · « **Reply #4 on:** December 01, 2011, 02:11:27 AM »

Awesome!

ANDERWAGON · « **Reply #5 on:** December 01, 2011, 04:31:45 AM »

Nice job to both of you!

Lunchbox1981 · « **Reply #6 on:** December 01, 2011, 04:41:51 AM »

Congrats. Too cool.

BOWHUNTER45 · « **Reply #7 on:** December 01, 2011, 05:31:07 AM »

Awesome .....nice buck

250savage · « **Reply #8 on:** December 01, 2011, 05:47:06 AM »

congrats, on the deer and good for you for helping him do something that I am sure he has wanted to do for a long time. now he can look forward to hunting season again like the rest of us

Wingin it · « **Reply #9 on:** December 01, 2011, 05:51:24 AM »

That is great!

lewy · « **Reply #10 on:** December 01, 2011, 06:18:14 AM »

very cool

Skyvalhunter · « **Reply #11 on:** December 01, 2011, 06:20:19 AM »

Excellent, Congrats to him.

GoldTip · « **Reply #12 on:** December 01, 2011, 06:21:02 AM »

Congrats to you and your Dad, great story.

ELKBURGER · « **Reply #13 on:** December 01, 2011, 06:21:10 AM »

What an awesome experience! Kudos to you for all your encouragement! Sounds like your father brought you up right. Hope his new shoulder gives him years of bowhunting to come!

Huntboy · « **Reply #14 on:** December 01, 2011, 06:25:13 AM »

Congrats.

400out · « **Reply #15 on:** December 01, 2011, 06:25:45 AM »

super buck! congrats

groundhog · « **Reply #16 on:** December 01, 2011, 06:39:12 AM »

Hey Buckman that is awesome!! I have shoulder issues also. I had to hang up my 70 - 80lb bows and I am now shooting a Mathews Reeson set at 54 lbs and I can barely draw it. I was supposed to have a complete shoulder replacement on November first but I chickened out. Hearing your dads success gives me hope.
I decided to put the surgery off as long as I can draw my little girlie bow but the shoulder is slowly getting worse. Is your dad completly happy with his shoulder replacement?? One of the problems I had with the surgery is they told me even after my shoulder was completly healed they did not want me picking anything up that weighs more than forty pounds. That doesnt work for me, it seems like every thing I own weighs more than forty pounds. I would be interested to here if he had any complications or if he would reccomend the surgery? thanks and great job getting dad on a nice archery buck!

blackveltbowhunter · « **Reply #17 on:** December 01, 2011, 07:22:45 AM »

Very cool and Awesome deer! Congrats

724wd · « **Reply #18 on:** December 01, 2011, 08:38:31 AM »

heck of a thing! sweet!

Arteman · « **Reply #19 on:** December 01, 2011, 10:59:57 AM »

Awesome!

buck man · « **Reply #20 on:** December 01, 2011, 11:56:59 AM »

Sorry about your shoulder ground hog and thanks for all the nice words and comments everyone.
To answer your question ground hog, my dad has no restrictions now but had extensive PT and was very sore for quite a while. He says that it was all worth it though and now has almost no pain and is about 80% of what he used to be. His bow is cranked up to 56# and he has no trouble shooting it. I could ask who his surgeon was and pm ya withthat if you like.

gunnarnewt · « **Reply #21 on:** December 01, 2011, 12:00:20 PM »

Very nice!

h20hunter · « **Reply #22 on:** December 01, 2011, 12:24:06 PM »

That is a great deer. Not bad for an old man! You did a good thing.

Ripper · « **Reply #23 on:** December 01, 2011, 02:06:15 PM »

Awesome story, I wish my dad was still around to hunt and fish with. Relish every moment.

NRA4LIFE · « **Reply #24 on:** December 01, 2011, 02:10:46 PM »

That's awesome. My dad is 79 and we still hunt together every year. He took one of his best bucks of his life on my place in MO this year. It was one of the happiest moments of my entire hunting life.

Elkstuffer · « **Reply #25 on:** December 01, 2011, 03:20:31 PM »

Simply Awesome. Thanks for sharing. Nice buck also!

RIVERRAT · « **Reply #26 on:** December 01, 2011, 03:51:01 PM »

Great buck and great story....!!!!!

littlehoytshooter · « **Reply #27 on:** December 01, 2011, 07:19:51 PM »

Thats a great story for Papa, Dad! I love ya and wish so stinkin badly I could be there this season!!!!

buck man · « **Reply #28 on:** December 01, 2011, 10:31:00 PM »

Quote from: littlehoytshooter on December 01, 2011, 07:19:51 PM

Thats a great story for Papa, Dad! I love ya and wish so stinkin badly I could be there this season!!!!

Me too squirt! Make the plans so we can make it happen next year!!! Love ya.

doehunter57 · « **Reply #29 on:** December 01, 2011, 10:34:37 PM »

Quote from: buck man on November 30, 2011, 11:14:23 PM

As with most of us, I to started my hunting career off by being mentored and guided by my father. He instilled a passion in me for hunting and the outdoors that will live through me and my children for hopefully many more generations.
I still remember my first deer ...like it was yesterday and not thirty year ago. She was a beautiful mulie doe up on badger mountain. I shot her with my grandads old 30-30 Winchester. That guns serial number is in the low 100,000's.its old!!
Now my dad is old, almost as old as that gun well not really, but old enough to know that joints fail and when they do it puts an end to bow hunting especially when its your shoulder.
My dad tried to continue bow hunting but gave it up 15 years ago. Then last year he got a new lease on his shoulder in the form of a complete shoulder replacement. He slowly got stronger and soon picked up his old recurve and started shooting it quite well! That's when the bug hit him hard to start bow hunting again.
It was time to start paying him back for the years and love he showed me. So at age 70 I set him up with a new Hoyt rampage with all the gadgets. It was fun watching him shoot a new compound with a release
He caught on real fast and was soon shooting tight groups to40 yards. And was ready to hunt. So I dropped him off at 6:45 am at a ground blind I had put up a week ago. By 8:00 am he had already drawn his bow twice and been busted twice by a five point . . He was a little discouraged and took a break at 10;15 . We had a talk and I ran him back to the blind by11:00. He was ready to sit the rest of the day. I go back to doing my" honey doos" so I can go hunting and at 11:25 I get a call from my dad saying he shot a 4x4 and thought the shot was good. .
I told him to sit tight and I would be there in 35 minutes. I get there and we take up the trail and had good blood in the first 5 feet! We followed a copious blood trail and were soon rewarded with a beautiful young buck.!!! Thanks dad for being there and I hope we have many more seasons with the bow!!

Nice Whitetail CONGRATS

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