Post by: Westside88 on October 22, 2016, 09:49:40 PM
Post by: jmscon on October 22, 2016, 10:09:39 PM
First animal I shot was a cow elk, I was by myself three miles from the truck at 4 pm this late in October. Sure could've used someone to show me some pointers!
Good on ya!
Post by: full choke on October 22, 2016, 10:12:06 PM
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Post by: deerhunter_98520 on October 23, 2016, 07:14:35 AM
Post by: Mark Brenckle on October 23, 2016, 07:30:52 AM
Thank you for helping him!:yeah: :tup:
Post by: couesbitten on October 23, 2016, 07:54:23 AM
Post by: Davo on October 23, 2016, 07:58:11 AM
Post by: brush hunter on October 23, 2016, 08:48:30 AM
Post by: Westside88 on October 23, 2016, 08:59:13 AM
When I was that age
Post by: Widgeondeke on October 23, 2016, 09:02:47 AM
Post by: vandeman17 on October 23, 2016, 09:33:18 AM
Post by: lamrith on October 23, 2016, 01:58:56 PM
So my day started off pretty much as I'd hoped. I shot the buck I was after about 10 minutes into my hunt. I rode my bike out to retrieve my game cart and headed back in. Along the way I saw 6 more deer, one of which I suspected was a buck, but he was a little too far to tell for sure without my binoculars. I was most of the way to my buck when I met a young hunter he congratulated me on my success. I mentioned that it's been awhile since I've shot a nice black tail. He shared with me that he'd never gotten a deer. I told him to stay with it and mentioned the deer were moving and that I'd just seen several. I wished him luck and headed to meet my Dad back where my buck was. I just got there when I heard a shot. I told Dad about my encounter and that it might be the young man. After getting loaded up we headed out. Sure enough he had shot a nice little 3 point that I believe was the buck I'd seen on the other side of the creek. He was a little embarrassed to admit he didn't know what to do next. ( He was hunting with a friend and had never been on a successful hunt). First I showed him how to properly tag a deer (two holes and all, he didn't have any string ) I told him, well now it's time to get it gutted c'mom I'll show you how. The look of relief was priceless. His hands were shaking from excitement. I gave him a good lesson and explained what I was doing and offered little pointers. When we were done I told him, now he can help somebody learn someday. Pretty cool to share the experience of a first buck
From a newer hunter, THANK YOU. You are what makes this forum great. SO many hunters out there these days would have belittled him for not knowing exactly how to take care of his deer and you just jumped right in, showed him what to do and helped. :bow:
Post by: JLS on October 23, 2016, 03:12:27 PM
He had friends not too far away. He knows how now, by the smiles I'd say he'll be hunting for many years. I took some field photos of him with his buck while we were at it. I wish I had more hunting pictures from
When I was that age
Your story made my day. Thank you. :tup:
Post by: Ebell on October 23, 2016, 03:30:57 PM
Post by: BNAElkhntr on October 23, 2016, 04:40:20 PM
Post by: HuskyJW on October 25, 2016, 01:40:10 PM
He would have figured it out eventually...but still.