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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: RugerRay on November 12, 2017, 09:51:00 AM

Title: Son's first deer
Post by: RugerRay on November 12, 2017, 09:51:00 AM: After about a mile and a half walk into some timber yesterday morning, we found a nice little knob to sit up on watch over a recent log job. A good buddy of mine had seen a little 3 point just the other day chasing a doe around, so we knew that there might be some rut activity starting up. With my youngest handling the rattle bag, my oldest manned the grunt tube as well as the rifle. Only 20 minutes into the action, I noticed a tail flicker in the tree line about 300 yards out. I got the binocs on it, and saw we had a dandy of a 4 point coming in hot. He spared no time coming into the open, grunting right back at us. I was finally able to get my son lined up on the buck, presenting only a straight on shot at 200 yards. Buck fever was running rampant through my boy, and couldn't manage to get a confident mark on the deer. The buck slipped back into the tree line, but didn't seem spooked. I was able to glass him through the trees, and noticed as if he was almost chasing something off. We slipped down the knob, and made our way into the tree line. Just as we got to an old skid trail lane, we saw this buck standing in the clearing 30 yards away. My son quickly pulled up the rifle, clicked the safety off and drilled it. One shot with the Ruger .270 and 150 grain Nosler Partitions, and it was laying 50' from where he shot. I couldn't be more proud of my boys, and I'm looking forward to many more of these memories to come.
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Post by: full choke on November 12, 2017, 10:07:14 AM: Congratulations! :tup:
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Post by: Jimmy33 on November 12, 2017, 10:07:39 AM: Awesome work!

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Post by: bigmacc on November 12, 2017, 10:19:17 AM: congratulations young man :tup:
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Post by: Harbor_hunter on November 12, 2017, 02:14:45 PM: Very cool!
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Post by: Falcon on November 12, 2017, 02:22:54 PM: Love it. Congrats👊🦌👊
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Post by: Widgeondeke on November 12, 2017, 02:42:05 PM: Great job and CONGRATS :tup:
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Post by: bowhunterforever on November 12, 2017, 03:19:12 PM: Nice job :tup:
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Post by: C-Money on November 12, 2017, 03:20:37 PM: Thats a great buck! Tell him congrats!
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Post by: trophyhunt on November 12, 2017, 03:24:31 PM: Great job young man, very nice deer! Absolutely love it!
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Post by: JWEBB on November 12, 2017, 03:49:38 PM: Great work! Good looking buck too :tup:
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Post by: fish vacuum on November 12, 2017, 03:51:27 PM: Solid work!
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Post by: Watimberghost on November 12, 2017, 05:09:09 PM: That is what it's all about! Good for you getting your boys into the outdoors! Congrats on a great buck and memories for life :tup:
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Post by: 3nails on November 12, 2017, 05:25:12 PM: Dandy first buck!
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Post by: steen on November 12, 2017, 05:48:40 PM: Very nice to get it done with both boys involved! Nice buck young man!
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Post by: DOUBLELUNG on November 13, 2017, 09:26:15 AM: That's the good stuff!
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Post by: dvolmer on November 13, 2017, 09:29:21 AM: Nothing better than hunting with the kiddos!!!!! great job dad!!!
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Post by: Gringo31 on November 13, 2017, 09:42:37 AM: Awesome!

Congrats to the young man!!! :tup:
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Post by: X-Force on November 13, 2017, 03:49:21 PM: Awesome!
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Post by: Muleyslyr on November 13, 2017, 05:33:15 PM: Sweet! :tup:
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Post by: elkoholic1 on November 13, 2017, 06:08:38 PM: :tup: :tup:
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Post by: tgomez on November 14, 2017, 07:28:47 AM: Nice buck and great job young man. Looks like IEP land up in unit 124.
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Post by: RugerRay on November 14, 2017, 07:53:04 AM: Thank you to everyone for all of the positive, and encouraging comments. I will definitely pass them on to my boys. They're looking forward to the European mount hanging up in their room soon.
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Post by: RugerRay on November 14, 2017, 07:54:16 AM: Quote from: tgomez on November 14, 2017, 07:28:47 AM
Nice buck and great job young man. Looks like IEP land up in unit 124.

Thank you! You definitely got the unit right. We were actually on a piece of Stimson ground.
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Post by: Gunfire on November 14, 2017, 08:19:26 AM: Great buck. I'm sure this is the first of many to come.
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Post by: 2MANY on November 14, 2017, 09:01:14 AM: Perfect.
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Post by: N7XW on November 14, 2017, 09:19:57 AM: Great story and great buck. Congrats to you and your sons.
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Post by: tlbradford on November 14, 2017, 10:44:55 AM: Awesome job Dad! Great first buck and story.
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Post by: elkboy on November 14, 2017, 10:46:52 AM: Congratulations! That is a great story! So awesome to see the kids take their first deer. :)
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Post by: Turner89 on November 14, 2017, 08:26:34 PM: Great job kid! Awesome buck!

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Post by: shootem on November 14, 2017, 08:39:46 PM: Well done to the young man. I bet we have a new hunter for life.
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Post by: riverrun on November 14, 2017, 08:54:51 PM: Congradulations! Nice buck and good eats!
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Post by: lokidog on November 14, 2017, 09:27:54 PM: That's a dandy buck, I'd be happy with that also.
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Post by: ShaneTyTrey on November 14, 2017, 09:42:12 PM: Congrats to the youngster
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Post by: Blacktail Sniper on November 14, 2017, 09:52:02 PM: :tup: Good job!!
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Post by: PastorJoel on November 14, 2017, 10:41:26 PM: Nice!! I can't wait until I get the chance to let my boy shoot a buck. He is only 4, so we have a ways to go still.
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Post by: wt on November 17, 2017, 01:48:41 PM: Oh yah, Good work! A strong little guy to take an off hand shot with a .270! Proud dad.
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Post by: Woodchuck on November 17, 2017, 01:51:30 PM: Very cool, Congrats :tup: