My daughters first deer (Kind of)

[JasonLester]

Well I don't know if I posted this before but I took my daughter out this year alot trying to get her first deer. She's 12 and loves to go. So I took her out with a crossbow. She took a shot a knicked the does back and I ended up killing the same deer during gun season a month later (weird but it happened)

We also had a youth gun season and I took her out and she got a shot at another nice doe. When she shot the deer flipped over and groaned and looked like it was done. She was shooting my 12 gauge. I had not taught her to reload the 870 because I saw no need for the quick second shot (treat it like a single shot) But her deer got back up and walked off. We waited in the stand a half an hour and then went in for breakfast. After at least an hour and a half we took up the trail. It went 100 yards before we lost it. We looked all day. I was heart broken. I looked and looked. I waled in the fields we we looking into. After I though I had looked everywhere I gave up.

Well Saturday I decided to walk out to where I had seen the dogs walk to the prior week. Its been a long time and I knew the deer was no good so I waited for her to be with me. Sure enough within a few minutes we found her. The deer was a big doe and she had hit it high above the spine. It was just a head, hide, and bones now as the coyotes and critters have eat on it good.

The deer had done a big circle and was 50 yards from where she had shot. I mush have walked righ by her searching. I found her because there was fur everywhere from the coyotes tearing her up.

I'm glad we found her. But I wish it had been the day of the shot. I may go back and get the head and boil it down for her. I probably should have done it the day we found her.

Anyway just though I would share.

[JasonLester]

oops meant to put this on the deer hunting forum....

sorry