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daughters first deer
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01/27/20 02:34 PM
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Capt.JVH
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My daughter has been showing interest in hunting for a few years now and I have been slowly easing her into it. I started by letting her tag along on duck hunts, then hog hunts, and finally a few deer hunts. She has always helped clean the animals and loves eating wild game. About a year ago, (she's 10 now) I got her a rifle. It's a Winchester 70 featherweight compact in .243. She has become a crack shot with it. Fast forward to this year, my buddy leases a large MLD property in Mason. He invited us out to see if we could get her an old management buck. This weekend we finally got it done. Yesterday morning right on cue about 5 bucks came out to the road we were watching. The largest deer met the criteria. He was a wide 9 with a broken tine, and BIG saggy belly and was just milling around at about 80 yards. We discussed the shot and I let her run through the scenario we had practiced so many times during the past year. I heard her calm her breathing, slide the safety off, ask one more time about which one it was, and as soon as he opened his front shoulder she fired. He folded in his tracks and kicked about 3 times. Lights out. Came to find out her nerves were getting her and she pulled up a bit on the shot. Still double lunged him high but clipped his spine. She was over the moon the rest of the day and still is in fact. The deer ended up aging at 5 1/2. I think this was a perfect first deer for her. She has requested it all be made into snack sticks from Hudson's. I negotiated her down to about 1/4 of it going to that! Here is the big kicker, this was the same stand I was in over 15 years ago when I shot my first Texas buck. That deer is mounted in my office still. This one will be proudly hung right next to it. Thanks for reading, John
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Re: daughters first deer
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01/27/20 02:41 PM
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Congrats to you and her!!!!!!!
I have a little bitty one. Think that will do?
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Re: daughters first deer
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01/27/20 02:54 PM
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gary roberson
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Congratulations!!!! Girls make the best Hunters!! Adios, Gary
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Re: daughters first deer
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01/27/20 02:58 PM
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Pope&Young
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Outstanding first buck Congrats to the little lady
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Re: daughters first deer
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01/27/20 03:14 PM
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stxranchman
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Outstanding first buck Congrats to the little lady
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: daughters first deer
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01/27/20 03:18 PM
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LG
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Re: daughters first deer
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01/27/20 03:25 PM
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Outstanding first buck Congrats to the little lady Absolutely!!! Congrats to you both
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Re: daughters first deer
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01/27/20 03:25 PM
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Outstanding first buck Congrats to the little lady
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Re: daughters first deer
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01/27/20 03:29 PM
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01/27/20 03:52 PM
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Re: daughters first deer
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01/27/20 04:02 PM
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Never been to a camping world. I prefer Dick's to be honest.
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Re: daughters first deer
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01/27/20 04:45 PM
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Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
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Re: daughters first deer
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01/27/20 04:54 PM
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Great buck, great picture, and above all, great smile! Congratulations, young lady!
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01/27/20 05:09 PM
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MikeC
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Greatness, congratulations to you both.
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01/27/20 05:56 PM
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Great old deer to start her off. Very cool that both your first deer are from the same blind.
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Re: daughters first deer
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01/27/20 06:34 PM
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Very cool and great memories
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Re: daughters first deer
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01/28/20 12:47 AM
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Creekrunner
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Great 1st buck and a beautiful little girl. Very well done Dad!
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: daughters first deer
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01/28/20 01:04 AM
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That Sir, is fantastic! Congrats to you both!
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01/28/20 03:43 AM
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Great buck, great picture, and above all, great smile! Congratulations, young lady!
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Re: daughters first deer
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01/28/20 04:40 AM
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Scott W
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Great old deer to start her off. Very cool that both your first deer are from the same blind. Awesome story, congrats to you both!
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Re: daughters first deer
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01/28/20 04:54 AM
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Smile says it all. She will remember that moment for the rest of her life and so will you. Congratulations to you both and thanks for sharing.
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Re: daughters first deer
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#7730631
01/28/20 04:55 AM
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10pointers
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Congrats to both of yall. A fine buck indeed
Signature images may not be larger than 600 pixels wide by 125 pixels tall. That smile says it all [North Dakota -16degrees
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01/28/20 11:07 AM
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texfork
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Congrats to you and her!!!!!!!
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Re: daughters first deer
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#7730773
01/28/20 01:53 PM
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westtexaswatkins
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OUTSTANDING!!! Love it
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