My son Matt got his first buck today!
It was a frustrating suburban hunt as for 2 hours we have a neighbor kid digging and sifting through the sand and mud in my friends creek looking for shark's teeth and other fossils. We got in our stand at 2pm. After we get settled in we hear all this commotion from the creek and see a kid 45 yards away in the gully digging.
We are getting frustrated and ready to leave after seeing him do this for 2 hours plus! I see him put a back pack on and start to leave. He walks down the creek deeper into the woods and I am relieved because we have an hour and 1/4 left of legal time.
Just as he gets out of sight I hear a deer snort and think he ruined the hunt for us!
Not 2 minutes later on the opposite side of the flat from where we last saw the kid out pops a 5 pointer that's nervous about 20 yards away. He starts to walk past us and I tell my son to draw his bow when his head goes behind a tree. He is walking fast and I realize I need to stop him! I grunt with my mouth and he stops at 8 yards broadside.
Matt makes a perfect hit and the deer runs 60 yards and piles up!
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It was a frustrating suburban hunt as for 2 hours we have a neighbor kid digging and sifting through the sand and mud in my friends creek looking for shark's teeth and other fossils. We got in our stand at 2pm. After we get settled in we hear all this commotion from the creek and see a kid 45 yards away in the gully digging.
We are getting frustrated and ready to leave after seeing him do this for 2 hours plus! I see him put a back pack on and start to leave. He walks down the creek deeper into the woods and I am relieved because we have an hour and 1/4 left of legal time.
Just as he gets out of sight I hear a deer snort and think he ruined the hunt for us!
Not 2 minutes later on the opposite side of the flat from where we last saw the kid out pops a 5 pointer that's nervous about 20 yards away. He starts to walk past us and I tell my son to draw his bow when his head goes behind a tree. He is walking fast and I realize I need to stop him! I grunt with my mouth and he stops at 8 yards broadside.
Matt makes a perfect hit and the deer runs 60 yards and piles up!
