MY oldest son Addison, age 15, finally got a good deer this past Saturday, He has been hunting with me for the last 4 years, but did not get a deer last year or during bow season this year, despite numerous chances. He passed on a basket six during bow season, and has passed on numerous does and spikes in the last year and a half.
It was all worth it..he shot this nice 9 point (split G2 and G3) saturday afternoon, the buck was hot after a doe, chasing down a logging road. He could not stop the buck and had to take a shot while the buck was running. He shot a little far back, but the buck only ran about 40 yards before piling up in a dead fall, out of sight of my sons tree stand. It took 45 minutes for me to come to my sons stand, so we got to stalk to the dead-fall together..what a surprise!
It was the buck we had seen all summer and fall on camera, and had nick-named "crab claws" because of the split G2 and G3, the buck he had said over and over again he would hold out for...what a great day for me and my boy.
Buck was STINKY in the rut...
It was all worth it..he shot this nice 9 point (split G2 and G3) saturday afternoon, the buck was hot after a doe, chasing down a logging road. He could not stop the buck and had to take a shot while the buck was running. He shot a little far back, but the buck only ran about 40 yards before piling up in a dead fall, out of sight of my sons tree stand. It took 45 minutes for me to come to my sons stand, so we got to stalk to the dead-fall together..what a surprise!
It was the buck we had seen all summer and fall on camera, and had nick-named "crab claws" because of the split G2 and G3, the buck he had said over and over again he would hold out for...what a great day for me and my boy.
Buck was STINKY in the rut...
