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[Patocazador]

By the time his father got home the boy had already gutted the deer, drug it to the shop, hung it up and had it skinned out.

I couldn't drag that buck to the tree line in the background much less to the shop.

 

[WestKentucky]

Today was the eastern rifle opener in NC. My 12 year old has been practicing with his 243 and was excited for the opportunity to get his first deer.
We have a stand overlooking a sweet potato field with a small creek and woods with lots of oaks bordering 1/2 of it and a cut down and a bean field on the rest.
A cold front came through overnight and the wind was perfect, so I headed out to that stand this morning. Just after sun up i heard a diesel, and a tractor entered the field and started mowing to prep for picking.
So we went home for a while but returned for an afternoon hunt.
It was a beautiful afternoon and we saw a big spike, and a couple of does. They stayed out of my sons comfortable range, so we just watched them graze.
With about 10 minutes of legal light left, I could hear something moving through the woods behind us, but couldn't see it through the brush, so I told my son to keep his eyes open. 50 yards to our right a deer walked out, and I could tell right away it was fairly big.
He stopped perfectly broadside and looked right at us, I told my son to take the shot.
He fired and the deer took off stumbling, did a wide 180 and headed back into the woods. He went about 75 yards before crashing in some thick stuff.
He put the bullet right behind the front leg and got both lungs.
The deer is a nice 8 point with 16.25" inside spread. We've got a few trailcam pics of him and he's at least 3 if not older.
My son is ecstatic over his first deer, and I'm one happy dad that I got to share this moment with him.
Sorry for the long winded post.
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That’s a solid deer for him to brag about but not so big he can’t ever beat it. That’s where I like to be. Great job.

 

[Rembrandt]

I couldn't drag that buck to the tree line in the background much less to the shop.

Not sure how far away it was, got it behind their house.

 

[WestKentucky]

I finally went to the woods today. Having never set foot on the property until today I wasn’t sure what I would be doing out there. Today was the day I got an answer. It’s steep. It’s very steep. I just did what felt right and carried my single six and went what I call squirrel hiking. I was 500 yards from the car when I busted my butt and landed on my side ripping apart the old uncle mikes nylon holster, but that holster was at least 20 years old and has seen plenty use. I’m not upset at that loss, it gives me a good excuse to get a better holster. So today I logged a grand total of about a mile, with 300 ft elevation change down and then back up. It was all hard walking on rocks and steep hills, dry creek bed with large rocks for a short period. Only squirrels I saw were in a spot I didn’t want to climb to get them, so they live another day.