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Title: Too big for a boys first buck?
Post by: 3nails on April 23, 2011, 05:37:38 AM

Last year my boy got his first buck, a blacktail, 20" 4x4.

Title: Re: Too big for a boys first buck?
Post by: 3nails on April 23, 2011, 05:39:51 AM

Oops. Hit wrong key. Can't put up a pic. Keeps saying format is too big.  :dunno:

Title: Re: Too big for a boys first buck?
Post by: Skyvalhunter on April 23, 2011, 05:40:23 AM

Then you need to resize the picture

Title: Re: Too big for a boys first buck?
Post by: YoterHunter on April 23, 2011, 12:33:24 PM

my youngest sons first buck made the state record book .and he got hooked on hunting big time tell your son congrats . and lets se some pictures.

Title: Re: Too big for a boys first buck?
Post by: couesbitten on April 24, 2011, 08:38:05 PM

Hey 3nails, I say good for your son, I think that's the best way to start them out.  It sinks the hook so deep into them that they'll never look back.  At 11 years old, my son's first buck was a 6x6 muley that scored 165-ish.  It was awesome, and we love the time we get to spend together out there.

Title: Re: Too big for a boys first buck?
Post by: PlateauNDN on April 25, 2011, 10:53:51 AM

Heck no!  My oldest boy has been salivating :drool: at the chance to harvest a bull this fall and he wants a big one!  Why not share the opportunity together because you never know what might happen between that time and the next time? :dunno:

Title: Re: Too big for a boys first buck?
Post by: Pathfinder101 on April 28, 2011, 10:13:58 AM

I shot my first buck when I was 13.  A 130 class 19" 5x5 whitey.  My folks had it mounted, picture in the local paper, etc...
It was awesome when it happened, but it took a while for me to kill anything close to that again.  Looking back on it now, (I am almost 40) I actually wish I would have started with a doe or a spike and worked my way up to a biggun.  That first buck was a total fluke, I knew it, my friends knew it, everyone knew it; and for years I felt like I had "used up my luck all at once".  I know it sounds silly, but I really felt like that until I was about 17 and killed one "on my own"... 

Title: Re: Too big for a boys first buck?
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on April 30, 2011, 08:22:16 PM

WELL I sure would love to see it ........ :hello: :hello:

Title: Re: Too big for a boys first buck?
Post by: Wahunter555 on May 22, 2011, 05:24:24 AM

I agree  that getting a big buck for your first deer will get you hooked. But when you get a big deer  nothing Else will do but a bigger one. I t may take you a life time to find it but when you do get it , it's so worth it.  Thats why they call it Hunting.  :twocents:

Title: Re: Too big for a boys first buck?
Post by: PolarBear on May 22, 2011, 05:55:07 AM

Congrats to your boy!!  Good way to start him out.
There is no such thing as a "too big " of a buck for there first IMO.  I have a solid 150 class whitie in mind for my daughter' first buck.  I don't get guys who say that all they need is a doe to get them started, why spoil them right out of the gate?  I say give them a goal to reach for and make it a challenge instead of just killing something to break the ice.  If I wanted her to just get her first kill out of the way I would have her shoot one of my steers, to me that is about as challenging as shooting a doe from the road. 

Title: Re: Too big for a boys first buck?
Post by: C-Money on May 25, 2011, 04:57:28 PM

Sounds like a big Blacktail! Maybe someone could help resize your pic!