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My son's first real trip out...
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12/14/15 12:01 AM
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cameron00
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Buddy has 850 acres in Menard and is very gracious about letting friends hunt. I took my whole family there this weekend, with the focus on having my five-year-old son sit with me to experience the hunt process. We had a great weekend and I think that he had the full picture by the time it was done. Some pictures: Peter and his buddy having some beers. Of the root variety. Filling feeders Ready to sling and arrow Hanging out in the dry water tank Saturday evening we headed to the blind having seen a huge amount of deer, but nothing I would consider shooters. Between six of us our informal poll was something to the tune of 32 bucks and nine does.The owner of the ranch wants the number spend quite a bit, so I took Peter Saturday night with the intention of shooting a buck. About 20 minutes until dark we had four young bucks, all eight points, and one doe that must have been hot, because the bucks were pushing her all over the place. All of the bucks were young, so I actually picked up the smallest from the group to shoot, as they needed the numbers trimmed and this was the least promising. I pulled the trigger, but made Peter follow around the target buck and tell me which one he was after about 10 minutes. Here's the sequence... Anyway, even though it wasn't the biggest buck in the world, we had a great weekend overall and my son has already asked me three times when he can go hunting again. I consider that a huge success.
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Re: My son's first real trip out...
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12/14/15 12:10 AM
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tex70
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Sounds like a great weekend . Congrats on the deer but more importantly on the beautiful family
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Re: My son's first real trip out...
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12/14/15 12:14 AM
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Sounds like a great weekend . Congrats on the deer but more importantly on the beautiful family
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Re: My son's first real trip out...
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12/14/15 12:18 AM
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Thank You Robert
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Re: My son's first real trip out...
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12/14/15 12:22 AM
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wacorusty
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"The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall." Cicero
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Re: My son's first real trip out...
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12/14/15 12:50 AM
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Michael W.
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A trip you will all remember I bet. Congrats
A clear conscience is often the sign of a fuzzy memory.
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Re: My son's first real trip out...
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12/14/15 01:24 AM
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SnakeWrangler
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A trip you will all remember I bet. Congrats
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: My son's first real trip out...
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12/14/15 01:30 AM
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Re: My son's first real trip out...
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12/14/15 01:30 AM
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Sounds like a great weekend . Congrats on the deer but more importantly on the beautiful family
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: My son's first real trip out...
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12/14/15 01:35 AM
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Re: My son's first real trip out...
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12/14/15 01:36 AM
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Memories made that will never be forgotten by anyone in your good looking family, priceless.
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Re: My son's first real trip out...
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12/14/15 01:42 AM
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Memories made that will never be forgotten by anyone in your good looking family, priceless.
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Re: My son's first real trip out...
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12/14/15 01:56 AM
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Espy
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Great looking family
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Re: My son's first real trip out...
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12/14/15 01:59 AM
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kmartinusa
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Great story. Really kind of him to let y'all have such a memorable adventure!
We kept it as a pet for several months until it got run over by a truck. Then we ate him.
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Re: My son's first real trip out...
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12/14/15 02:04 AM
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cameron00
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Thanks all. It was truly a great weekend.
Gonna do a euro and put a picture on the mount plaque.
Apart from being scared that, "he's gonna be mad because you shot him" when we were walking up, my son handled everything like a pro. Was quiet in the blind, no sudden movements, actually saw some of the deer coming in before I did. And he said, "Mmmmmmm..." over and over while I was rendering the buck.
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Re: My son's first real trip out...
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12/14/15 02:33 AM
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Deerhunter61
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Sounds like a great weekend . Congrats on the deer but more importantly on the beautiful family
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Re: My son's first real trip out...
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12/14/15 03:30 AM
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MikeC
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Awesome!
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Re: My son's first real trip out...
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12/14/15 03:33 AM
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txshntr
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Great story, great pictures and nicely done getting them out there!!
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Re: My son's first real trip out...
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12/14/15 05:05 AM
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Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
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Re: My son's first real trip out...
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12/14/15 11:35 AM
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A trip you will all remember I bet. Congrats
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Re: My son's first real trip out...
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12/14/15 11:37 AM
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Chief Joe
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Looks like a great time!
"It is the same boiling water that softens the rice, which hardens the egg." It's not always about the circumstances, but what you are made of....
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Re: My son's first real trip out...
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12/14/15 02:16 PM
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BenBob
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Tired, Wired, and Uninspired
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Re: My son's first real trip out...
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12/14/15 02:58 PM
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jeh7mmmag
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Great job on doing it with the family. You are blessed.
�Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.� ~ John Muir
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Re: My son's first real trip out...
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12/14/15 05:17 PM
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westtexaswatkins
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Time well spent with the family. Doesn't get much better
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