MUDRUNNER Posted November 27, 2017 Report Share Posted November 27, 2017 As many of you know my daughter has a pretty aggressive schedule for a 13 year (almost 14) old lol. Between school, friends, and softball she only gets to make it out with me a handful of times a year. We finally got to get out Saturday for a hunt. The last two years I've been trying to get her on a deer with the crossbow, but it just never happened. We weren't even seeing deer so I know she was getting frustrated. Saturday just felt different for some reason. Conditions were perfect and we had the whole farm to ourselves. Clear skies, not too cold, light northwest breeze...just a beautiful morning to be in the woods. At 6:45 we heard footsteps behind us. A real nice 3 year old 8 pointer skirted us at about 15 yards, but never got a shot off. There was a small window for a shot but he never stopped, so we just watched him. It was her first big buck she had seen from a tree, so she was fired up. About 7:15 I hear footsteps to my left. Two does come around the ridge heading directly in front of us. I tell her to get ready, and when she feels comfortable to take the shot. The lead doe stops perfectly broadside at 20 yards and she lets it go. These crossbows shoot so fast I had no idea if or where she hit it. The doe ran about 30 yards and stopped looking back at us. She stood there for a few minutes and I didn't see any blood or holes in her. I went ahead and got the crossbow pulled back for a follow up shot, but she seen us moving and bounded away. We sat in the tree for about an hour and had a few more does moving around the area. We kept seeing a little tail flicker and brown moving around in a thicket about 80 yards from us. I got down to check the arrow and found some hair, a few drops of blood, and the arrow did have guts on it. I climbed back in the stand and we sat a little longer. All of the sudden we seen another tail flicker, and heard something thrashing around in that same thicket. It had to be the doe going down. About 9:45 we get down to see if it was her. We find really good blood. Emma gets on the trail, and sure enough the doe was laying right were we thought she would be. The shot was a little back, but thankfully she got liver and the doe didn't go far. There is nothing this girl can't do. I'm one proud dad. She makes the fourth generation of my family to harvest a deer on this farm. My Grandpa hunted here not too long ago, my father hunted here, myself, and now the next generation....pretty special stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 27, 2017 Report Share Posted November 27, 2017 Awesome stuff there. Congratulations to Emma and you too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted November 27, 2017 Report Share Posted November 27, 2017 Nice job Emma! Happy for ya Tim. I've been there as you can see from my profile pic. Best day hunting I've ever had or ever will have. Enjoy it and make sure you get her a framed copy of that pic. I suspect that one day it will be one of her favorite pics of the two of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 Congrats to her, and you! Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 CONGRATS x2 !!!!!!!!!! The most special of days !!! Neither of you will EVER forget it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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