Michihunter Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 My son, whom we call Scrappy, ended up getting his first buck today at about 2pm. Appropriately enough, this buck was also a "scrapper" having only one side of a full rack left. The day started out with not much promise due to blizzard-like conditions which made visibilty very limited. Heck, at this point we were just hoping to see a deer. Sat the morning and saw notta. Got back out around 1pm and decided to use a big ol oak tree as a windbreak to make sure we would be able to sit through the afternoon. It actually helped but not a whole lot. Wasn't 45 minutes into it that my boy started telling me that he couldn't even see 25 yards out. I was starting to tell him to just be a bit patient and the conditions might improve when I noticed movement out of the corner of my eye. I nudged Scrappy and signaled to him to look and, lo and behold, there stood a buck no more than 10 yards from us. Like a seasoned veteran he shouldered the gun, aimed, and squeezed the trigger and made a great shot. The deer jumped up into a mule kick and took off like a bandit. I looked at my boy and could see the adrenaline pumping through his veins as he stuttered- "Dadadad I shshshshottt him!!!" I said, "Yessiree! You sure did!!" After minimal tracking we came across this- Ended up having 4pts on one side and the other had it broken off about 3" from the base. A true scrapper for Scrappy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clrj3514 Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 thats a great buck. congrats to him. wonder how he broke his other side off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY_Bowhunter14 Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 good buck and great shot indeed!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardwood_HD Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 congrats to your son, heck of a shot.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earnhardts12000 Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 great job congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOYTnMUZZYboy Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Congrads to you and your boy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Awesome Buck Scrappy!! Congrats on your first one! Congrats to dad as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Hunter Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Congrats! Great shootin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illinois59 Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Congrats Scrappy! Nice buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFbowhunter Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Congrats!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 how fitting!! Congrats to Scrappy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Nice buck, your son put a great shot on him. Congratulations to you both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladybird Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 congrats to your son, nice buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 "Dadadad I shshshshottt him!!!" LOL--hilarious. Thanks for sharing the story. That's pretty cool. Hoping my son will shoot his first antlered buck come Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Scrappy...Outstanding Shot Placement;):cool: Nice buck anywhere anytime!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sskybnd Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 nice buck, scrappy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michihunter Posted November 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Thanks everyone!! It truly was a special weekend for me and my boy. Can't think of a time that I may have been happier (other than his and his brothers births). Looking forward to many more of these types of days with both my boys. Thanks again!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Right on!!! Congrats to you guys. He definetly couldn't have made a better shot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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