dogdoc Posted December 3, 2016 Report Share Posted December 3, 2016 My little blonde hunting buddy skipped school Wednesday to go out with her old man for a perfect day hunt. Cold front came through last night dropping temps to the low 30's with a nice steady NNW breeze. Perfect wind for the BBJ plot. We wanted to get to the stand early to let things settle down. Legal shooting time is at 6:50 and we were in the tower stand with the little buddy heater going at 5:45. I think she fell asleep for most of the first hour while I played on my phone. Well first light came and the excitement of anticipation started dwindling by 9am as we had not seen a single deer. Our plans were to do an all day hunt because this was going to be our last rifle hunt of the year. This weekend she has all state tryouts with her viola. Noon came quickly and we started getting hungry so she opted to stay in the stand and I went to the local grill and grabbed us some grub. While I was getting food she was working on her makeup work for skipping school today. We had a greasy lunch and before too long she had finished her homework and asked if she could take another power nap. So being the great wonderful dad I am I said sure. She slept about 30 minutes then I started reading a book and she was on look out. By 3pm I could see the worry in her eyes as we still had not seen a deer. So at 3:30 I have my head in a book she quietly says "Daddy, here comes a deer". Sure enough through the thick cover pops out a doe. I look up and behind her staying the thick cover is a buck--a very wise old buck. He would not come out of the cover but through the binoculars we had already determined him to be a shooter. I told her to stay calm as this buck was locked down with the doe and wasn't going anywhere. After a a couple of minutes though I was nervous the doe was going to leave through the cover and take the buck with her. Hoping I wasn't messing up I grabbed the grunt tube and gave a semi-aggressive grunt. This old buck was having nothing to do with some other buck stealing his girl and out from the thick cover he came. He offered a perfect 100 yard broadside shot and Mollyann made the perfect shot. Double lung right behind the shoulder with the Tikka 25-06. The buck takes off with tail up wagging and we see him fall within 20 yards of the shot. Mollyann was screaming and jumping up and down in the tower stands. High fives, hugs, and tears. We hunted hard all last week. We estimated right around 64 hours in the stand together since opening day (Saturday before T-day). Sleeping in the travel trailer and eating canned stew and crackers for dinner. She passed several very young bucks holding out for a mature buck. This old bucks teeth were almost worn to the gum line. Only 2 lower incisors were left in his mouth. As you can tell he was an aggressive buck with several busted off tines. Can't tell from the pics but there are a total of 12 points (counting the busted tines). I bet on the way home she told me thank you at least 100 times. Well here are a few pics. todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted December 3, 2016 Report Share Posted December 3, 2016 Congratulations to Mollyann. She hung in there like a champ to bag her trophy buck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 3, 2016 Report Share Posted December 3, 2016 Awesome story Todd. Great deer. Congratulations to Mollyann and you too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted December 3, 2016 Report Share Posted December 3, 2016 Great story - Not many girls her age would spend that much time in a stand. Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted December 5, 2016 Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 Great buck! She really hung in there. Congrats to her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbarcheryhunter Posted December 5, 2016 Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 That's awesome!! Tell her congrats!! I have a daughter that is 13 and she told me she wants to go along next year but not carry a gun .. I'm excited about that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted December 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 2 hours ago, bbarcheryhunter said: That's awesome!! Tell her congrats!! I have a daughter that is 13 and she told me she wants to go along next year but not carry a gun .. I'm excited about that That's great. They are the future of hunting! Good luck getting her out. Hope she likes it! todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 She earned that buck Todd! Way to stick with it man....memmorys for life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKstate Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 Congrats to her!! I hope my kids show the same enthusiasm when they get a little older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 that awesome Todd! my daughter's only 2.5 yrs old. getting her a lifetime license soon because it's very cheap when they're young. a while before she can deer hunt though. youth age to hunt deer with a gun is 14 here in NY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archerjg Posted December 16, 2016 Report Share Posted December 16, 2016 Congratulations to your daughter on a nice buck. Archerjg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger-Hunter Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 That's a great buck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 That is an awesome story! Congrats to Mollyann, beauty buck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 Great deer for a persistent gal !!!!!!!!!!! Good stuff !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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