Proud Daddy Moment

[jwrowland77]

Well, I've been reloading for my daughters Rossi .223 for deer hunting. Well, today we found out how well my reloads worked for her. This was my daughters very first ever Arkansas Whitetail deer. She just turned 9 this past Friday.

Load Data is:
Nosler Partition 60gr
H4895 24.5gr
Rem Brass
CCI 400

Super accurate load in her rifle. The bullet had a complete pass through in the neck area, she said she was aiming for the shoulder, which is where I tell her to shoot. She shot, deer dropped...well, it flipped backwards and didn't budge. It was DRT. I had never used Partitions, but this 60gr Partition left an impressive exit wound. I'll be buying Partitions for my rifles as well.

 

[Hometeached1]

Nice one! Good shot. Nice picture too.

 

[buck460XVR]

Good for her. A new tradition has begun.

 

[witchhunter]

Nice job by you and your daughter..

 

[bob4]

Very nice. Something you'll both remember for a lifetime.

 

[James2]

How exciting! Congrats.

 

[billybob44]

Great Memories..

Congrats..Nice starter rifle too.

You ARE bringing Her up RIGHT..Bill

 

[Hondo 60]

Congrats!

Give 'em a deer & they'll eat for short while, teach 'em to hunt & you'll feed 'em for a life time.

or somethin like that.

 

[jwrowland77]

Thanks y'all. It was one of the proudest moments of my life watching her line it up, take the breath, slowly let it out, squeeze the trigger and watch it drop.

Something I didn't put in my original post, I took the case and told her to put it in her pocket. When we got back home from the lease I wrote her name, date, time and 1st deer on it. I figure it's something she'll be able to save for a lifetime, along with the memory.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

Man that's awesome.
My 10 year old daughter killed her first deer Saturday as well. It was a doe and not as big as that one. She also took hers with a Rossi .223.
Ours was a 55 grain SGK BTHP and I wasn't impressed with the performance. It was only a 50 yd shot, entered about 6 inches behind the shoulder and had no exit wound. No blood at all. Luckily the deer only ran about 20-30 yds before piling up. I'm glad you mentioned the Partition and gave us a review on it. I will be ordering some before she goes hunting again.

Congrats on her first deer.

Where at in Arkansas? Ours was down Dallas County way.

 

[jwrowland77]

Yeah I liked the Partitions now. Left a nice sized exit wound for even a 60gr bullet. It was about a 50yd shot as well. The chronograph when I shot her load over it was running a avg of 3015fps.

We were down in Pike county. Lots of does running around that area.

Congrats to your daughter as well for getting one.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

A 165gr GameKing shot from a 30-06 will kill a Deer and anchor it but a GK from a .223, Not So Much. Everything I have read about using a .223 for Deer says you should use a premium bullet like the Partition instead. The .224 HPBT GameKing bullets are specifically designed for rapid expansion and for use on Varmints and small game, not Deer. (directly from the Sierra WEB site) The report on the Partition bullet tells us it's true.

Congrats to both of you and both your daughters. Well done!!!

 

[Conservidave]

Great Job everybody!

 

[KansasSasquatch]

My sighted is about to turn 2 and she's already pulled the handle on my presses (always empty shellholder/plate) several times. I can't wait until she's about 10. I'm hoping she'll still want to pull the handle and load her own ammo, under my supervision, for her first hunting trip.

Congrats to your daughter!!

 

[jwrowland77]

Funny thing is, I was talking to her after we skinned and cleaned the deer and she said, "Daddy, you hugged me really hard," I said, "Sorry baby, I was just really excited and happy, and proud of you."

This is a great short video.

http://youtu.be/X65mg0DIizs

http://youtu.be/wa1xJKH_Cio

 

[jwrowland77]

My dad texted me this morning, now he wants to get into deer hunting.

He raised me up shooting and hunting small game when he wasn't TDY somewhere for the military.

Well, him seeing his oldest granddaughter kill a deer, makes him want to get into it. I did tell him that I was going to need help since my middle daughter will start hunting deer in a year or two, and I'm going to need all the help I can get. Can't be on two stands at once.

So this whole great experience with my daughter is turning out to be really great.

I did tell him to get a 7mm RM or .308 since I have everything to load those two calibers since I have those guns myself or he can just borrow mine.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

My dad texted me this morning, now he wants to get into deer hunting.

Just keeps getting better.

 

[chriscw81]

Awesome. Congrats!!

 

[olm911]

Congrats to your daughter. She sure looks proud.

 

[jwrowland77]

Oh she is very proud. She told me when I picked her up from after-school care this afternoon, that she showed all the boys that said girls couldn't deer hunt her picture of her deer. LOL. I love it!

 

[ArchAngelCD]

Oh she is very proud. She told me when I picked her up from after-school care this afternoon, that she showed all the boys that said girls couldn't deer hunt her picture of her deer. LOL. I love it!

OH I LOVE THAT ONE!!!!! I will put money down very few if any of her male classmates of the same age have gotten their first Deer yet. You know the old saying, if you don't have pictures it didn't happen. Well, she has pictures!

I'm an old guy from a family of European descent and even though I raised 3 sons I never thought daughters should be treated differently. I can't wait to take my Granddaughter hunting but it will be a while since she's only 2 right now.

Now that your dad wants to go with you, you will have pictures of 3 generations out in the field together, outstanding!!!

 

[jwrowland77]

Yeah, that will be kind of neat showing my dad the ropes on deer hunting. He's never hunted deer before, so it'll be cool showing my dad the ropes and my daughter at the same time. Now don't get me wrong, my dad can shoot, but it's always been .22LR or shotgun, never a scoped rifle, much less a high powered scoped rifle. It'll be pretty cool.

I'll probably put him on my spot where I always see deer and I'll go to another spot.

I've always told my daughters, that they can do whatever they set their minds too. My oldest is the first girl in 40 years in my family, so I didn't know any other way to raise my daughters except the way I know, and boy do they love to shoot guns and go hunting. My oldest has been following me around the woods and sitting in the stand with me since she was 4. Now before everyone gets in a uproar, I'm a disabled veteran, so I have a stand that is only 4 steps off the ground that has a handrail to get up in the stand only 4ft off the ground.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

Yeah, that will be kind of neat showing my dad the ropes on deer hunting. He's never hunted deer before, so it'll be cool showing my dad the ropes and my daughter at the same time. Now don't get me wrong, my dad can shoot, but it's always been .22LR or shotgun, never a scoped rifle, much less a high powered scoped rifle. It'll be pretty cool.

I'll probably put him on my spot where I always see deer and I'll go to another spot.

I've always told my daughters, that they can do whatever they set their minds too. My oldest is the first girl in 40 years in my family, so I didn't know any other way to raise my daughters except the way I know, and boy do they love to shoot guns and go hunting. My oldest has been following me around the woods and sitting in the stand with me since she was 4. Now before everyone gets in a uproar, I'm a disabled veteran, so I have a stand that is only 4 steps off the ground that has a handrail to get up in the stand only 4ft off the ground.

I understood what you meant about your dad teaching you to hunt but just not bigger game. hunting is hunting and since he can shoot he will be just fine as I'm sure you already know.

If time gets short and you're busy with your second daughter let your oldest daughter teach your dad since she already got one!!! LOL In reality, he would probably love that scenario.

 

[jwrowland77]

hunting is hunting and since he can shoot he will be just fine as I'm sure you already know.

If time gets short and you're busy with your second daughter let your oldest daughter teach your dad since she already got one!!! LOL In reality, he would probably love that scenario.

Oh yeah. That's what I told him.

Yeah I'm sure he would get a kick out of that one, especially if my daughter broke out the doe bleat can. Lol.

 

[horsemen61]

Congrats that's a nice first deer