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My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down)

Posted By: Duck Em' Woodie!

My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/18/14 07:14 PM

So I met my Grandfather-In-Law (Mac) back in 2006 and we quickly hit if off because we both liked guns, hunting and fishing. We have made several duck hunting, goose hunting, dove hunting and deer hunting trips over the years and he has always put me first. He would always put me in the "best" deer stands or locations to ensure I got a shot at something. He enjoyed to see me be successful. He is the guy that is sitting in the duck blind, smoking a cigar, drinking coffee, saying, "watch the birds on the left, they are coming in." Never putting down his coffee or cigar down once the birds hit the decoys. Well he is starting to get up in age, he will be 80 yrs old in December and making these trips is starting to take a toll. He decided that this was going to be his last year on the deer lease that he has been apart of for nearly 30 years. So we made the trip down to the deer lease this year and made a few memories to last a life time. I have been going down to the deer lease with him since 2006 and during that time he has shot several hogs, and a few turkeys but he never shot any deer. He would always tell me he just liked to watch the deer, but almost always let me know that he let a monster walk right through his shooting lane. So this year one of the other lease members let us have access to his 4x8 blind, with a low pitch double handle ladder, landing porch and full size door, so that Mac could easily get in and out of the blind. I dropped Mac off at the blind and got him settled in, I hadn't got all the way out of the blind when I heard the lighter strike up as he lit up his cigar. I went down the road a few hundred yards to sit over water to hunt for hogs. About an hour later I hear a shot, so I drive back to see either the hog or turkey that Mac shot. Well to make a long story short, Mac shot a really nice 10 pt buck. He was as happy as a kid on Christmas. I was so proud of him it brought a tear to my eye. Here is Mac with his first buck in 10 years+, cigar still in hand!

Oh yeah, I shot a buck too! Largest buck of my life gross score 156-7/8" We made some pretty good memories on this trip!





Posted By: chital_shikari

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/18/14 07:16 PM

up
Posted By: Son of a Blitch

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/18/14 07:16 PM

NICE!!!! What a great story!
Posted By: stxranchman

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/18/14 07:19 PM

Originally Posted By: George - w/ Map My Ranch
NICE!!!! What a great story!

Really nice bucks up
Posted By: Branden

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/18/14 07:20 PM

Originally Posted By: stxranchman
Originally Posted By: George - w/ Map My Ranch
NICE!!!! What a great story!

Really nice bucks up
cheers
Posted By: Duck Em' Woodie!

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/18/14 07:41 PM

Posted By: Duck Em' Woodie!

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/18/14 07:44 PM

Posted By: dogcatcher

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/18/14 07:45 PM

cheers
Posted By: Duck Em' Woodie!

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/18/14 07:46 PM

Posted By: Western

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/18/14 08:19 PM

Great story brother! I like Mac grin nothing wrong with a cup of "JOE" and a cigar up Great job getting him in that stand to take that 10!

Great bucks!!
Posted By: Mr. T.

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/18/14 08:27 PM

nice
Posted By: TxAg

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/18/14 08:27 PM

Very cool! And great buck BTW up
Posted By: Pope&Young

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/18/14 08:54 PM

Congrats to you both cheers
Mac sounds like a great man and friend.
Take Mac's place on the lease. This way at anytime Mac gets the itch to go hunting or just sit by the campfire you can take him with you up
Posted By: tth_40

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/18/14 08:57 PM

OUTSTANDING!!!! up
Posted By: Pitchfork Predator

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/18/14 10:01 PM

Congrats on your great friendship. And great bucks. cheers
Posted By: Weegs

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/18/14 10:07 PM

cheers looks like fun was had by all....
Posted By: swmays

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/18/14 10:16 PM

That's a great story. Thanks for sharing it.
Posted By: Bengoin

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/18/14 11:39 PM

Awesome story. Congrats on making good memories. Your turn to be the mentor, pay it forward.
Posted By: SniperRAB

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/19/14 12:29 AM

Nice write up...Congrats to you both up
Posted By: Larry W

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/19/14 02:07 AM

Congrats on your great friendship. And great bucks.


X2
Posted By: dlrz71

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/19/14 03:41 AM

cheers
Posted By: Fooshman

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/19/14 03:46 AM

Great story and memories. up
Posted By: TexFlip

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/19/14 12:01 PM

Good stuff right there.
Posted By: Deerhunter61

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/19/14 01:01 PM

Originally Posted By: George - w/ Map My Ranch
NICE!!!! What a great story!
Posted By: Elkhunter49

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/19/14 01:24 PM

Great story,thanks for sharing. Awesome buck for sure and Mac is the kind of guy that I'd love to hunt,visit and just spend time with. Well Done sir. Baker
Posted By: landsurveyor

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/19/14 01:47 PM

Greatness!! Congrats to you both.
Posted By: AggieHunter2014

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/19/14 02:48 PM

Wow congrats to you both. Great memories for sure
Posted By: Duck Em' Woodie!

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/19/14 05:12 PM



Pretty sure he sat back on this particular morning and relaxed drinking his coffee and smoking cigars. Cigar in hand, that's how he rolls.
Posted By: Duck Em' Woodie!

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/19/14 05:18 PM

Originally Posted By: Bengoin
Awesome story. Congrats on making good memories. Your turn to be the mentor, pay it forward.


I got two young sons ages 4 and 1-1/2 yrs old. Mac is determined to take my oldest hunting so we set up feeders, game camera, and currently building a box blind to make it comfortable for all three of us to sit in, out on Mac's property. We got a bunch of pigs on camera, so we'll see how it plays out over the next few weeks or so.

Took my oldest out for a dove shoot this year and he had a blast.

Posted By: TxYoteHunter

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/20/14 05:20 AM

Good looking bucks. That's a good hunt for both of you. Congratulations.
Posted By: DXB

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/20/14 08:01 PM

cheers
Posted By: 4Weight

Re: My Hunting Buddy! (two deer down) - 11/20/14 08:04 PM

Good job to both of you. Really unique buck
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