Post by: LittleDog on October 19, 2015, 09:19:26 PM
The second day though, was a lot more eventful. I had a sailing adventure in the morning, so no hunting then. In the evening (about 4:00) we arrived at the blind. We saw a couple does, but around 6:30, a doe walked in front of the blind, and following her was a HUGE fork with browtines. I quickly aimed behind the shoulder and pulled the trigger. The next few minutes was a blur of tears, adrenaline, and excitement. My dad decided to reload just in case, and about 2 minutes later a smaller fork walked in to shooting range, and we got a double! More excitement and adrenaline followed until my mom showed up. After that we followed the blood trail. We dragged him back to the clearing, and started following the other deer’s extremely long blood trail. Sadly though my dad never found his deer. :'(
Post by: Bigluke1981 on October 19, 2015, 09:21:39 PM
Post by: weathergirl on October 19, 2015, 09:24:49 PM
Many of you know my dad Lokidog. I am his 12 year old son.
And son of WEATHERGIRL too! :) :hello:
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Post by: LittleDog on October 19, 2015, 09:27:18 PM
FINEMany of you know my dad Lokidog. I am his 12 year old son.
And son of WEATHERGIRL too! :) :hello:
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Post by: Becky on October 19, 2015, 09:31:40 PM
FINEMany of you know my dad Lokidog. I am his 12 year old son.
And son of WEATHERGIRL too! :) :hello:
:chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: lokidog on October 19, 2015, 09:41:42 PM
Many of you know my dad Lokidog. I am his 12 year old son.
And son of WEATHERGIRL too! :) :hello:
She had some part in that, I guess..... :rolleyes: :chuckle:
Here is how Little Dog spent his time... at least he was quiet. :chuckle:
Post by: weathergirl on October 19, 2015, 09:42:53 PM
Love,
Mom
:hello:
Post by: bobcat on October 19, 2015, 09:46:26 PM
Post by: Turner89 on October 19, 2015, 09:56:04 PM
im telling you guys......the sleeping tactic works every time :chuckle:Many of you know my dad Lokidog. I am his 12 year old son.
And son of WEATHERGIRL too! :) :hello:
She had some part in that, I guess..... :rolleyes: :chuckle:
Here is how Little Dog spent his time... at least he was quiet. :chuckle:
awesome buck little dog, great write up :tup:
Post by: carpsniperg2 on October 19, 2015, 10:22:37 PM
Post by: pd on October 19, 2015, 10:24:04 PM
What noises did you make in the blind? (You are 12 years old, right? I'll bet you laughed at every one of them.)
BLRMan doesn't remember anything: Twelve year olds never hug their mothers (although WeatherGirl is probably an exception, I cannot say).
Congratulations on a nice buck. With a crossbow, too; that is something special. :tup: :tup:
Post by: lokidog on October 19, 2015, 10:34:25 PM
He is the first in the family to shoot a deer with a crossbow. :tup: I told him there are probably less than 500 people in WA that have shot a deer with one, though that's just a guess.
Post by: KFhunter on October 19, 2015, 10:43:51 PM
Nice buck LittleDog!
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Post by: RadSav on October 20, 2015, 01:24:21 AM
FINEMany of you know my dad Lokidog. I am his 12 year old son.
And son of WEATHERGIRL too! :) :hello:
Possibly my favorite post of 2015!
All caps was a nice touch :IBCOOL:
Post by: RadSav on October 20, 2015, 01:33:01 AM
The first day he said that he thought his body made every noise it possibly could. I think it did... however, there was no puking. :chuckle:
He is the first in the family to shoot a deer with a crossbow. :tup: I told him there are probably less than 500 people in WA that have shot a deer with one, though that's just a guess.
On days when the fudge factory workers have to bleed the methane valves it can get rather noisy :o
I'd be surprised if there are more than 100 people in Washington that have killed bucks with a crossbow! Time to teach dad how to do it right. He'll get there sooner or later. You just have to be patient with him...he's old! :chuckle:
I thought island deer were suppose to be small. That buck is a brute!! Well done little cousin :tup: :tup:
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im telling you guys......the sleeping tactic works every time :chuckle:Many of you know my dad Lokidog. I am his 12 year old son.
And son of WEATHERGIRL too! :) :hello:
She had some part in that, I guess..... :rolleyes: :chuckle:
Here is how Little Dog spent his time... at least he was quiet. :chuckle:
awesome buck little dog, great write up :tup:
Yup!! Good job :tup:
Post by: Widgeondeke on October 20, 2015, 07:00:26 AM
great (island) buck
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Post by: LittleDog on October 20, 2015, 07:42:53 AM
Great job, young man. That looks like a Barnett Jackal crossbow. What type of scope do you have on it ?You are right! The scope came with the crossbow.
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Post by: Gringo31 on October 20, 2015, 09:01:49 AM
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Quote from: LittleDog on Yesterday at 09:27:18 PM
Quote from: weathergirl on Yesterday at 09:24:49 PM
Quote from: LittleDog on Yesterday at 09:19:26 PM
Many of you know my dad Lokidog. I am his 12 year old son.
And son of WEATHERGIRL too! :) :hello:
FINE
Possibly my favorite post of 2015!
:chuckle: :chuckle: :tup:
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Post by: lokidog on October 27, 2015, 08:07:39 PM
Nice shooting! Good to see the youth getting it done! Congrats to the proud parents too, even if only one gets all the glory :chuckle: :chuckle:
I think the "glory" is due as I also do the gutting and butchering..... :rolleyes: :chuckle:
Post by: syoungs on October 27, 2015, 08:10:34 PM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on October 27, 2015, 08:13:50 PM
How is your dads ram fever doing? :chuckle:
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Post by: lokidog on June 15, 2018, 11:34:36 PM
hope that this is the first of many many big game animals :)keep on hunting and someday you may go on a hunt you never saw yourself doing, push forward to accomplish your goals
This thread is a bit old. ;)
He got another buck in 2016 in the same location with the crossbow but in 2017, luck was on the deer's side with three misses in one day. He got a bit frustrated and gave up after that. I told him he should be thrilled as most WA deer hunters would be happy to have one shot opportunity on a buck in a season, let alone three in one day. There's always next year.
Post by: Twispriver on June 18, 2018, 12:50:40 PM
Post by: lokidog on June 20, 2018, 11:10:07 AM
I shot my first deer on Decatur Island in 1980 and my Second deer was on Lopez the next year. A guy I went to high school with had family property on both islands and we traveled over by boat and stayed at his grandmother's house on lopez. They always had a big group of hunters with uncles, cousins and kids and lots of hanging deer. I haven't hunted on the islands since but I have great memories of those days.
:tup:
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Post by: Fletch on November 18, 2020, 03:23:24 PM
A lot of excitement and adrenalin until mom showed up... :chuckle: now that is funny
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