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this is the buck my boy passed on
« on: December 07, 2011, 08:54:57 PM »
Long story short, I had to work.
 
So I had my son go out with grandpa last weekend of the mod firearm season, we had this buck on the trail cams for ahwile but it was being nocturnal.  for some reason he just couldn't stand the thought of a smaller buck in with the does so just had to come check on them during shooting hours.  My son wasn't really comfortable without dad there, and didn't like the open sights on the winchester 30-30, and this buck kind of took his breath away, he'd never seen an animal like that up close and behind his sights  :chuckle:
 
So after him messing with it he decides to pass on this buck, a close family friend then shot the buck as it was leaving, I was happy my boy got to witness this buck up close, not upset at all he didn't get to shoot it - cause frankly its just too big a deer for his first - he may go his whole life and never get a bigger buck lol
 
 
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Re: this is the buck my boy passed on
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2011, 08:56:27 PM »
anyone got a recepie for tag soup?  :chuckle:

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Re: this is the buck my boy passed on
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2011, 09:08:18 PM »
Nice!!!
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Re: this is the buck my boy passed on
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2011, 09:27:32 PM »
I'm not sure I've seen longer eye guards

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Re: this is the buck my boy passed on
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2011, 09:34:16 PM »
That buck definitely has some nice eye guards. Particularly the one.
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Re: this is the buck my boy passed on
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2011, 01:18:16 AM »
Great job  :yeah:  :drool:

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Re: this is the buck my boy passed on
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2011, 03:30:17 AM »
Good looking whitetail :drool:
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Re: this is the buck my boy passed on
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2011, 05:39:01 AM »
thats great that your son didn't take a shot that he wasn't comforitable with.

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Re: this is the buck my boy passed on
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2011, 05:59:04 AM »
Your boy was smart to pass him up. He obviously had he sights set on a big boy.
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Re: this is the buck my boy passed on
« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2011, 06:06:47 AM »
Good for your son! To have the forsight to recognize the situation and not takng the shot when he wasn't comfortable  :tup: You have a good one there! Oh and the buck too  :tup:
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Re: this is the buck my boy passed on
« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2011, 06:53:44 AM »
Thats a great buck.  Your boy should be proud he didnt force a shot he wasnt comfortable with karma will return the favor in due time.
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Re: this is the buck my boy passed on
« Reply #11 on: December 08, 2011, 07:06:11 AM »
that shows alot about your boy, i know some adults that would have forced it, great job kid on keepn your composer and i to believe that good karma will pay you back....  :tup:
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Re: this is the buck my boy passed on
« Reply #12 on: December 08, 2011, 07:10:46 AM »
open sights or not I THINK LEAD WOULD BE FLYING  :dunno: :chuckle: I wish my boys could do something like that  :chuckle: Nice buck  :tup:

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Re: this is the buck my boy passed on
« Reply #13 on: December 08, 2011, 08:21:46 AM »
I wish more grown men would show the self control your son did! I think the memories of the ones that got away are stronger than the ones that bit the bullet anyways!
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Re: this is the buck my boy passed on
« Reply #14 on: December 08, 2011, 09:08:00 AM »
Wow, that is an awesome buck and I bet your son was quite overwhelmed by the whole experience.  By the size of the head on that deer, I bet that was a heavy, heavy deer. 
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