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First deer

NIBOWMAN

By NIBOWMAN
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Yesterday afternoon I took my son out on his first hunt. He has been with me several times, twice we have been lucky enough to harvest a deer. This time he was the hunter and I was the watcher.

We went to a blind overlooking a food plot we had put in just for youth season. It was a beautiful day just to be outdoors. It started off a bit slow with only a button buck coming to visit. Then we had a couple does pass just by the blind but no shots. With just 15 minutes of legal light left here he comes. It's the 8 pt we have on camera. He come straight into the plot in front of us. Head down feeding, not giving us a shot. Joe had the gun up and ready, just waiting. Finally the buck turned broadside. I leaned forward and whispered in his ear, "whenever your ready". The next thing I know the air is filled with white smoke. We saw him mule kick just before he disappeared into the haze.

I don't know who was more excited me or him. We had to take a deep breath and get our bearings before we left the blind. We left and got the 4wheeler and a friend. When we came back Joe was the one to find first blood. So we let him take the lead. After a short 50 yard tracking job we found his trophy laying next to the creek. I am so happy and proud of him. He helped with the field dressing and dragging back to the wheeler. Then stayed up late to help me skin and bone him. Did I say I was proud of him? He is my little man and I'm sure hunting partner from here on out.

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The future of our sport depends on stories like this! Great story. Thank you for taking the time to make the outdoors a part of his life. I used to fish and hunt way more hours than I do now, but almost all of my hours now are with my two boys and somewhere down the road I am sure my daughter as well. There may be less hours spent a field now, but they are so much more rewarding now.

Congrats on a great deer, a great story and hopefully a lifetime of memories for both of you.

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