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Title: My season in a nut shell! 2014
Post by: buck man on December 17, 2014, 12:04:02 AM
The last three of my daughters took hunters safety. Of course they all wanted to kill a deer. With basket ball, church and life in general hunting seemed to take a second seat. I did take them out several times, and we hunted many miles on foot only to be skunked. So November 17 roles around and still no deer for my gun toting girls! I wake up in the morning early and its foggy and cold. Frost is freezing everywhere. As it gets lighter out side I see a buck chasing a doe in the pasture. I yell at my daughter Jayci to get up stairs. She is in the shower. Her sister gets her out and she throws some clothes on, and out on the deck we go. I get the buck to stop and she can't find him in the scope!! He takes off again and I stop him one last time before he hits the timber, and I ask if she has him. She says yes and the 243 barked. Perfect shot! He dropes 20 yards later and my 12 year old has her first deer!!
Title: Re: My season in a nut shell! 2014
Post by: buck man on December 17, 2014, 12:32:57 AM
More to come. Sorry having problems with the pics loading. I will finish later. :bash:
Title: Re: My season in a nut shell! 2014
Post by: buck man on December 17, 2014, 01:11:15 AM
Lets try this again!! My oldest daughter came home for a visit with my grandson. I asked if she would like to go hunting while she was here and she said, she hoped I would ask. So we went and bought a tag, dusted off my wifes Hoyt Vixen, and started practicing. Two days later she was splitting hairs and i had her climb 38' up to one of my stands. 3 hours later and a 17 yard shot, she had her first deer in 5 years. ( college and babys take its toll on Hunting).
Title: Re: My season in a nut shell! 2014
Post by: buck man on December 17, 2014, 01:26:30 AM
Now that the season has one week left in it I Guess I should go hunting. I had a couple of shooters coming in so i went and sat for 4 days waiting for my #1 choice. Well he skipped town and it was time for plan b. I went and pulled cards and talked to my bro. in law and decided I would hunt one of his stands. ( he owed me. he has killed 6 or 7 elk out of my stands) :chuckle:. Off I go to my plan b stand. i get set up by 9 am and here comes the rain. :bash:. Exactly 6 hours and 13 minutes later, and a half an inch of rain, here he comes. I had a terrible wind and knew I had to shoot him before he winded me. 25 yard quartering away shot and my 78# hoyt laid the smack down on him. With both lungs pierced and his left front shoulder smashed, he still went 250 yards.  Made for some difficult tracking in the rain. i found him though and the rest is history. I am still going to get plan A though.......next year :chuckle:

oh yeah, when he was charging off the hill he barked a tree so hard with his head that he broke his nose and bottom jaw! :yike: I then had to drag him uphill about 60 yards to an old skid trail to where I could get the 4 wheeler too. Boy this 46 year old body didnt like loading him by myself!
Title: Re: My season in a nut shell! 2014
Post by: _TONY_ on December 17, 2014, 06:30:20 AM
Looks like a great season!  :tup:
Title: Re: My season in a nut shell! 2014
Post by: blackveltbowhunter on December 17, 2014, 06:41:19 AM
Awesome season   :drool:  Nice bucks! Was wondering when a post from you would show up  :tup:
Title: Re: My season in a nut shell! 2014
Post by: huntnnw on December 17, 2014, 06:48:11 AM
 :tup: Congrats on a good season
Title: Re: My season in a nut shell! 2014
Post by: Kazekurt on December 17, 2014, 07:00:55 AM
Nice work, buckman!  I'm glad your girls got deer.  My oldest is just now hitting the age to start hunting so I expect my hunting for the next 15 yrs will be primarily dedicated to my kids. 
Title: Re: My season in a nut shell! 2014
Post by: BULLBLASTER on December 17, 2014, 08:34:43 AM
Couldnt have been that hard to load up! I mean you shoot a 78 # bow... so a deer should be easy!  :chuckle:
sounds like you had a great season and congrats to the daughters!
Good job!
Title: Re: My season in a nut shell! 2014
Post by: elkoholic1 on December 17, 2014, 08:39:39 AM
 :tup: :tup:
Title: Re: My season in a nut shell! 2014
Post by: buck man on December 17, 2014, 08:56:02 AM
Couldnt have been that hard to load up! I mean you shoot a 78 # bow... so a deer should be easy!  :chuckle:
sounds like you had a great season and congrats to the daughters!
Good job!

Yes I do shoot 78# ( turned it down from 82# for my tree stand) but still hard on the shoulders when your cold. I think I will get som new limbs for my back up bow and stick with 60 or so in the tree stand :tup:
Title: Re: My season in a nut shell! 2014
Post by: Irish_hunter93 on December 17, 2014, 09:21:32 AM
Very awesome season, congrats to you and your daughters on some great bucks.
Title: Re: My season in a nut shell! 2014
Post by: blacktailer on December 17, 2014, 09:57:30 AM
Well done Sir.  Well done.
Title: Re: My season in a nut shell! 2014
Post by: irishevox on December 17, 2014, 10:17:19 AM
That's what it's all about there getting you and your family out there to hunt! nice to get some deer! and they are all good quality
Title: Re: My season in a nut shell! 2014
Post by: bowhunterforever on December 17, 2014, 04:05:30 PM
Awesome season :tup: Congrats to you all
Title: Re: My season in a nut shell! 2014
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on December 17, 2014, 04:14:01 PM
Congrats to all!  :tup: he went 250 yds WOW those whities can really hold on to life.  :yike:
Title: Re: My season in a nut shell! 2014
Post by: MLBowhunting on December 17, 2014, 04:34:38 PM
Sounds like a great season.    :tup:
Title: Re: My season in a nut shell! 2014
Post by: fly4fish on December 17, 2014, 04:48:26 PM
Good work and way to raise them right
Title: Re: My season in a nut shell! 2014
Post by: fishnfur on December 18, 2014, 11:31:41 PM
More than one nut in that shell.  Great hunts.  Congrats on the great season for your family.  Good looking trio of bucks!
Title: Re: My season in a nut shell! 2014
Post by: buck man on December 30, 2014, 03:00:40 PM
Thanks for all the replies and kind words. I love getting my kids out yo hunt. I don't love the way this state is taking hunting!!
Title: Re: My season in a nut shell! 2014
Post by: willapawapiti on December 30, 2014, 08:20:34 PM
Both my daughters had great year also, 2 deer and 1 bull elk between them :)  Absolutely love seeing the father/daughter hunts on here, dear to my heart.  :) Congrats to you and your daughters, very special season for you!!
Title: Re: My season in a nut shell! 2014
Post by: kodiak 907 on December 31, 2014, 08:18:02 AM
 :tup: I can wait until my girls are old enough to hunt.
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