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10-30-2008, 09:22 AM
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Tuna!
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Buckhunter Jr's First Deer. Updated Pics!
About 5:15 pm yesterday it was time to take Luke, my 10 year old to football practice. Jake needed to get some shoes for basketball so the three of us piled into the car. Driving down our driveway I looked at the field across the road and saw a shape above the blackberries that wasn't there the last time I looked. Yep, it's a deer! Hand me my binos! (The new Zen-Ray 10X42s!) It's a buck! Jake said "can I go get him"? Heck yes, go get your stuff and meet me at the bottom of the driveway! So Jake bailed out of the car and ran back up to the house for his gun, I flew down and dropped Luke off at football practice and on the way home my cell phone rang.
Here's the conversation:
Jake:
DAD, pant,pant,pant!
Buck, pant,pant,pant!
Cross,pant,pant,pant!
hairs, pant,pant,pant!
Me: DO NOT PULL THE TRIGGER TILL I GET THERE!!!!!! Click.....
I parked in our drive and got into the field and found Jake about 75 yards past the buck he had walked right in front of about 100 yards up the hill. I'm not sure why it didn't spook.
After a bunch of hand signals back and forth neither one of us could understand, he pulled the trigger.
BOOM!!!! He hit what looked to be a little high and back but it was a nice lung/liver shot. The buck jumped, took about 5 steps and hit the floor.
I checked with the rangefinder: 140 yards, up hill, with a heart rate in the 120+ range (I could hear the hummmmm).
.243 Win 85gr did the job!
As you can see, He's a little happy about having to wait a few days for his new basketball shoes.
Buckhunter.
And here is the reward. We cut it up Monday night (11/3) and had backstrap on the grill Tuesday. Notice the smile? Still there a week later!
(The pic is a little dark because it was taken with my cell phone.)
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Last edited by buckhunter; 11-06-2008 at 10:32 AM.
Reason: Updated pics.
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10-30-2008, 09:32 AM
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Steelhead
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Very Cool.  Congradulations to your son and may he kill many more. 
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10-30-2008, 09:36 AM
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Way to go!!!! That's a nice one!!!
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10-30-2008, 09:39 AM
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King Salmon
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Way to go . that smiles says it all.. i bet he didn't even remeber about the shoes.. that's a dandy little trophy right there
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10-30-2008, 09:50 AM
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Steelhead
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Great job to your son. That is a tropy he will remember forever.
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10-30-2008, 09:52 AM
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Man-o-man would you look at that smile! Fantastic! Congratulations, young feller. And, a great story by dad. Don
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10-30-2008, 09:57 AM
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Ifish Nate
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Nice Job!
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10-30-2008, 10:06 AM
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Tuna!
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Future of our sport right there....nicely done!
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10-30-2008, 10:18 AM
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Steelhead
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Congrats on the buck.
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10-30-2008, 10:20 AM
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Ifish Nate
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Congrats!
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10-30-2008, 10:24 AM
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
awesome! Look at his smile. Congratulations!
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10-30-2008, 10:54 AM
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King Salmon
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
That bucks worth a heck of alot more than a hundred pairs of new ball shoes. Well done Jr.
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10-30-2008, 10:57 AM
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
The smile says it all; Congrats
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10-30-2008, 11:08 AM
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Tuna!
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
That is a GREAT pic; good job!!
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10-30-2008, 11:13 AM
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
congratulations!!! 
Quote:
After a bunch of hand signals back and forth neither one of us could understand he pulled the trigger.
BOOM!!!!
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10-30-2008, 11:19 AM
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Sounds like you need to put a bow in that kids hands, he would have to have better aim than....well lets not go there. Tell him congrats from me.
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10-30-2008, 11:28 AM
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Nice going Jake! Trust me, no venison will ever taste as good as that from your first buck! Welcome to the fraternity.
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10-30-2008, 02:08 PM
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Tuna!
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Nice Job!
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10-30-2008, 02:14 PM
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Sweet!!
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10-30-2008, 03:27 PM
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
A very nice job. Loved the story and I share your enthusiasm for your son getting his first; my son and I had a similar experience this year as well. Congrats!
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10-30-2008, 03:34 PM
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Steelhead
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Yep!! Smile says it all! Congrat's To You Buckhunter Jr.
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10-30-2008, 03:59 PM
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Chromer
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Nice Job. He must be stoked!
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10-30-2008, 05:19 PM
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King Salmon
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
His smile is priceless. I get a kick out of these type of pictures! 
Great job Dad.
BU
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10-30-2008, 09:40 PM
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Thats really cool
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10-30-2008, 10:01 PM
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Steelhead
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
now this is way cool! my son and I just got back froma great trip east...not may bucks and we both siad it had to be at least a fork and above the year...so the first day we let three little forks go...no bucks the second day and then in the same drainage he got his fist buck ever he take a very nice fork that was clearly above the years at 350 yeards...simalr to your situuation...I get this call on the radio...I see a buck, I am go to shoot, do not call back...I am about 300 yard from him boom...11 dear come flying across the side of the mountain in high gear...when I get to him he has this grin that I will never forget...this drainage has been great to us over the years. He got his first buck with one grandfathrs 270 and this another buck about 500 yeard from the first with a 280 my Dad gave him two years ago...sad to say the camera did not have any batteries...so no pictures...just great memories...and I grin I will never forget!
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10-30-2008, 10:55 PM
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Tuna!
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Nice Buck !!!!!!!!!!
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10-30-2008, 11:04 PM
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Ifish Nate
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Congrats,,, great job...... The smile says everything .. Bet you can't wait till next year!
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10-31-2008, 07:00 AM
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Steelhead
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Awesome story. Nice work Jake!
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10-31-2008, 07:55 AM
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Steelhead
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
The first of many judging by the smile. Good job!
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10-31-2008, 08:28 AM
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Tuna!
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Nice Buck Jake and Mr. Anderson.
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10-31-2008, 09:13 AM
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Very nice.
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10-31-2008, 09:15 AM
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Chromer
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Very nice! Thanks for telling the story. Tell Jake he made a very nice shot for that distance. I think he might be hooked. What did bro think when he saw the buck?
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10-31-2008, 12:38 PM
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Chromer
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Very nice!
Is that a "mentored" buck from your tag? It makes it really nice and easy to get the younger kids interested and involved.
Good job!
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10-31-2008, 08:40 PM
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Tuna!
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Quote:
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Very nice!
Is that a "mentored" buck from your tag? It makes it really nice and easy to get the younger kids interested and involved.
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No, it was on his Western Deer tag. And might I say, Last year he ended up with tag soup because he thought hunting was more important than school and spent a few weekends on "probation". This year the grades couldn't be better and we couldn't be happier. He EARNED this one! BH
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10-31-2008, 09:13 PM
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Steelhead
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Very nice shooting Jr!!! I can say from first hand experience that this young man can shoot. So I am pretty sure the story went more like this.... Buckhunter missed and Jr. picked up the slack  . Hahahahaha just kidding. Nice shooting!!!! A trophy for sure. 
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11-01-2008, 07:33 AM
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Chromer
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Now thats a good story!!! Congrats
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11-01-2008, 08:18 AM
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Steelhead
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer
Thats awesome!! Great story on a kids buck
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11-06-2008, 10:33 AM
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Tuna!
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Re: Buckhunter Jr's First Deer. Updated Pics!
Updated pics......BH
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