MUDRUNNER Posted November 26, 2018 Report Share Posted November 26, 2018 A goal of mine this season was to get my 14 year old daughter her first buck.....mission accomplished! Her hunting time is pretty limited, so we try to make the best of the few hunts that we can get in. Almost a year to the day that she shot her first doe last season, and she closed the deal on this nice 5 pointer. We climbed in the tree about 5:50 Saturday morning, with shooting time starting around 6:20. Weather was nice & wind was perfect for the set we were in. Bucks have really been responding well to the grunt call this season, so about 6:35 I gave a couple of soft grunts. About 5 minutes later this guy comes sneaking in. He is real timid & working his way to us very slowly. He's rubber necking hard trying to see the deer that grunted. He gets closer and Emma flips the red dot on & safety off on the crossbow. Instead of continuing up the trail that goes 15 yards in front of our tree he ends up turning and going to our right. It's a tricky shot since she shoots right handed, but I told her before the hunt that if she was comfortable it was her decision on what/when to shoot. He stops in the ravine about 23 yards and she squeezed it off. The shot looked a fuzz high, but judging by his reaction I didn't think he would go far. We hung out in the tree for about 45 minutes & get settled down a little. Went back to the truck for pop tarts and Gatorade to give him a little more time. We walked back to the spot she shot him, and found great blood with lots of bubbles in it. I told her to go first & would just follow her. He ended up going about 100 yards, but the blood trail was very easy to track. It's a year & a half old buck, but man he had a tank of a body. She got some good practice in dragging a deer up & down all the ridges lol. After seeing the deer the shot was about perfect. We were 18' up in a tree, and he was down in a ravine so even at 23 yards the angle was pretty steep. The arrow went in high on his right side, and came out low on his left side. I couldn't be more proud of this kid. Straight A student, amazing athlete, hard working, caring & respectful, and she's turning into a darn good deer hunter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maine Hntr Posted November 26, 2018 Report Share Posted November 26, 2018 Congrats. It does look like a healthy bodied young deer!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 26, 2018 Report Share Posted November 26, 2018 Good deal. Congratulations to Emma and to you too Tim. Yeah, agree with the above, looks very heavy for a 1.5 year old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted November 26, 2018 Report Share Posted November 26, 2018 Nice job Emma!...and way to go Dad! sounds like she is a pretty well rounded kid, gotta like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted November 27, 2018 Report Share Posted November 27, 2018 WTG Emma...you too Tim! Great job! Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Way to go Emma! Nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DowninWhiteys Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 On 12/27/2018 at 11:33 PM, Joseph08 said: First buck is the memorable one. Thanks for sharing your story! Indeed. Nice buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonymoran Posted April 15, 2021 Report Share Posted April 15, 2021 wow congrats man this is so big buck enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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