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Youth day Big Buck Down! (pic)

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What a great youth day.

After a long day of driving deer.We went to sit in our stands.

I was supposed to sit with a young girl who just got her license on that day, however someone else took her to another stand with a slug gun where we had been seeing big bucks.

That being said I went to one of my stands where I missed a big buck in my eyes at least) a few weeks ago.

We were there for over an hour. She was falling asleep, even though I should have been the one sleeping because I did every drive. LOL

I heard some noise and had her raise her gun and raise it on the rail just to be ready. I looked to my left and see nothing but horns coming through the woods. I tapped her knee and told her to look left at the monster buck.

I looked again and said oh shit that is no doubt the one I shot at and missed with when my arrow hit a branch. I am absolutely sure.

She raised the gun. The deer did not even know we were there. He came straight to the bait pile started eating, as I was telling her to relax and make a good shot. I told her she had all the time in the world cause that guy had no clue we were there andjust wanted food.

Boom! She shoots her 20 gauge shotgun with buckshot. A 30 yard shot from 15 feet tall tower stand. He flinches, runs, and she quickly shoots again. He ran with his tail down and I heard a big crash!

We got down looked for blood or hair and could not find any. But we saw big scuff marks and footprints in the leaves and mud.

The landowner told us to wait for him and after he and the young hunters father came we went 40 yards and there he laid.

This kid was so frickin excited. Her dad was hugging me and she was hugging me. Hugging the land owner. She was asking her dad, "Dad, Dad can we mount it and put it on the wall? Can we go show Uncle John? and Matt? It was great to see that much excitement.

This deer is bigger then any that I have ever killed and what a great time!

This makes getting young hunters involved so worth it. This could be a buck of a lifetime for her.

BTW no top front teeth and bottom front almost gone. Backs looked worn. What do you guys think how old? He weighed 132.

Suprisingly he wasn't with a doe and none around.
 
#3 ·
congrats on what sounds like a awesome day [up].
 
#22 ·
WAY TO GO FOR THE YOUNG HUNTRESS [up][up][up]
AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE PINK NAIL POLISH ON HER TOO !!! :D

Come on guys, this young lady deserves 5 pages of comments and congratulations on her amazing buck !!!