Posted By: hook_n_line
First deer - 11/07/16 04:50 PM
So let me ask you, what would you allow a child to take for their first deer? My stepson (14yrs) had never been in the woods until I came along 8 years ago. He has become a great woodsman and sportsman. He has hunted with me numerous times and has taken dove, quail, rabbits raccoons and feral hogs. Last year was the year for his first deer but as luck would have it buck fever set in and he didn't take the shot at a doe. All good cause that shows that he has listened to my teaching. He practiced all year taking pigs and what not with his .17hmr and has been very successful. Yesterday morning I set him on stand and gave him instructions to take a doe, an old buck or one that was slick on one side. He texts me and said he had a young deer that was slick on one side, and 2 points on the other and asked if he should shoot. I told him before you over think it or talk yourself out of it, take him. (I know the deer and and his daddy was always a 7 point.)2 minutes later boooooom! I eased over to him and saw the most excited and happy kid ever. Now that he has his first deer out of his system it becomes a new ballgame teaching him about management. This will be the fun part.