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Proud father.
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11/30/16 10:23 PM
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Sorry for the long post but I am a proud father. I finally had the chance to take my daughter hunting for the first time. I have been without a lease for several years and the opportunity to take her on other hunts has not presented itself. She is 10 years old and an amazing girl. A friend of mine set up a hunt on his ranch for the men from our adult bible fellowship. I asked if I could bring my daughter and he agreed, along with several other fathers bringing their children. We had an amazing weekend with everyone having a great time. I surprised my daughter by picking her up from school with a loaded truck and we headed to the ranch. It is about a 3.5 drive and she talked the whole way there, it was awesome. We didn't get to hunt Thursday night because we had to go around to all the blinds and spray them for wasps. Friday morning we saw a few deer but mostly younger bucks and small does. I convinced her to wait, promising that there were better animals out there. Friday evening was when the magic started. We decided to hunt one of the wheat fields on my friends ranch that also has a feeder set up at one of the blinds. We sat there for a couple of hours not seeing much, just a few doe off in the woods but nothing to shoot. Then about an hour before dark all hell breaks loose. I was texting some of my buddies when my daughter starts shaking me and going crazy pointing out into the field. About 500 yards away are two nice bucks walking around feeding. We start watching as the play around and do a little sparing. Her smile was getting bigger by the second. While this is happening more deer start to come out into the field but they are all pretty far away. My daughter was crushed when a semi drove down the county road and all the deer ran off into the woods. I told her to be patient and wait to see what would happen. Not even 5 minutes later the deer started coming back with even more friends. We had about 30 deer in the field and now the wait was on for them to get close enough to shoot. Finally some nice does got into range and I started talking her thru the process of lining up the shot and then waiting for the right shot. Just as she asked me if it was a good shot I looked under the feeder and saw a huge body with huge horns. I told her to look under the feeder with the scope. She found the buck under the feeder and now we waited for a good clean shot. With about 10 mins of legal light left he finally turned broadside and i started to tell her to shoot when BOOM. He dropped right in his tracks, but then raised his head. I told her to put another shell in the chamber and get back on him and be ready to shoot if he got up. He tried to jump up and before i could tell her she shot again Boom. This time no movement at all. After high fiving, hugging, and then finally breathing we went to see the deer. On the walk over I texted my buddies that we would need help loading the deer. What an amazing buck for her first deer. After making all the guys at camp very jealous she finished off her weekend shooting a doe on Sunday morning. She is hooked for life!! I hope the photo works. Buck stats were a monster 9 point. Weighed 244 on the hoof. Waiting on score but estimated to be 5.5 or 6.5 years old. P.S. the doe was 150 lbs and the largest one shot that weekend.
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Re: Proud father.
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11/30/16 10:28 PM
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congrats to both of you!
"everyone that lives dies but not everyone who dies lived..."
~PMK~
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Re: Proud father.
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11/30/16 10:29 PM
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Congrats to you and your daughter. Nice buck
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Re: Proud father.
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11/30/16 10:35 PM
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That's awesome. Congrats to you both
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Re: Proud father.
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11/30/16 10:38 PM
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Congrats! That dude is a hoss!
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Proud father.
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11/30/16 11:09 PM
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That's great! Nothing better!
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Re: Proud father.
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11/30/16 11:14 PM
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Big old buck nice, congrats!
Last edited by Wilhunt; 11/30/16 11:15 PM. Reason: sp
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Re: Proud father.
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11/30/16 11:16 PM
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Congrats! That's what it's all about. You will rember that hunt forever! Helluva deer too!
It's not how you fall, It's how you get up.
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Re: Proud father.
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11/30/16 11:19 PM
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Re: Proud father.
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11/30/16 11:40 PM
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Great! My daughter just shot her first deer last week. I know how you feel. What caliber was she shooting? Congrats
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Re: Proud father.
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11/30/16 11:45 PM
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Dogdown
The only thing that'll stop a bad man with a gun, is a good man with a gun.
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Re: Proud father.
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11/30/16 11:51 PM
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Great story. I enjoyed reading it. Congratulations to her on an amazing deer.
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Re: Proud father.
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12/01/16 12:45 AM
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congrats to both of you!
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Re: Proud father.
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12/01/16 12:54 AM
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Congrats to the young lady Awesome first buck
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Re: Proud father.
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12/01/16 02:17 AM
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Greatness, those are memories that last a lifetime. Congratulations.
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Re: Proud father.
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12/01/16 12:42 PM
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Awesome buck and great story. Congrats to both of you.
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Re: Proud father.
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12/01/16 12:49 PM
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Fantastic. Congrats dad!!!!!
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Re: Proud father.
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12/01/16 01:23 PM
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Christmas came early for you both. Congratulations!
You didn't mention the rifle she was using shown in the photo. Just curious. The pride of any harvest should be extended to the firearm used to take it. If it wasn't already, that might be "her" gun now.
Awesome buck!
"Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons."
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Re: Proud father.
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12/01/16 04:17 PM
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the smile on her face says it all, way to go dad. Awesome deer and memories to last a lifetime.
CONGRATS
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Re: Proud father.
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12/01/16 05:16 PM
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congrats to both of you!
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Re: Proud father.
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12/01/16 05:33 PM
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landsurveyor
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the smile on her face says it all, way to go dad. Awesome deer and memories to last a lifetime.
CONGRATS
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Re: Proud father.
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12/01/16 07:43 PM
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My stand is pink camo
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That's awesome! Congrats to your daughter on her big buck! Congrats to you and her trophy! Thanks for sharing a great story
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Re: Proud father.
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12/01/16 10:00 PM
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Congrats to the young lady Awesome first buck
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Re: Proud father.
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12/05/16 09:54 PM
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Thanks everyone, it was amazing for both of us. She keeps amazing me, and told me all she wants for christmas is her buck mounted.
She was shooting my Ruger 243 that I have been hunting with since my dad bought it for me when I was 12. It will be hard, but i might have to pass it down to the next generation and make a trip to cabellas for myself.
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Re: Proud father.
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12/06/16 10:31 AM
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Wow, what a first buck! Great story and pic. Congrats to you both on the memory you will always share and to her for her great buck!
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