The joys of hunting with kids

Nice and balmy this weekend wasn't it.

Well, Gottabe and me hit the stand before daylight. Had a nice 13" 6 point come out and he missed him clean at 60 yards. DRATS!!!!

Went back in the PM with Gonnabe and had a 14" 8 pt come out in a trot at 7 yards trailing a doe, turn up the pipeline and make it 80 yards down before he could get his gun on him. The deer paused for 1 second, the poof he was gone. DOUBLE DRATS!!!!

But wait, there's more. 20 minutes later, I hear a crash behind me, couldn't see him though. Then a walking deer in the leaves - CLOSE. Still can't see him. Finally, I raise up and the same 8 pt is 3 yards from the base of the stand. Hand the gun over and Gonnabe's boot brushed the stand and poof, he was gone again. TRIPPLE DRATS WITH CRAP ON TOP!!!!

No wonder I don't like hunting any more.

Wannabe...

You're already set

Gonnabe is starting to realize they are a lot harder to shoot when they got them horns on their heads:D

Just let Gonnabe go by himself. Sounds like your'e holding him back.hehe:D

You're right Maj. His chair was a lot higher than mine and he saw the deer first both times. If I let him hold the gun the whole time, he'd have had a better shot than the way I went about it.

Wannabe...

Look on the bright side bub....you didn't have to dress a deer when ya got home last night, LOL. :D

my boy saw 4 this morning and I saw ZERO! he saw two illegal bucks and two does one of which tipped the scales at 125, I know how much she weighed cause we came home a cleaned her. WB I thinks we need to let the younguns do all the huntin!

just go drop the kids off at their stands and then go fishing? just tell them to wait til you get back to dress the deer, simple solution

Don't know about Triton, but if I did that, I'd have a baker's dozen to clean when I picked 'em up. Guess I could limit their ammo, but those little hoodlums of mine would prolly sneak some contraband rounds on me.

Wannabe...

Sounds like they take after their old man WB about the contraband side of it not the harvestin side.

Went out just walkin around with my little hoodlum over the weekend -
planned just an easy walk-around to look for sign and where to put some
stands. But no, she insisted on crossing the creek. I told her it was thick
and full of briars, but no, we GOTTA go across. After wading through
thickets for about a half-mile, crossed back over. Probably 30' straight
down and up, got in the bottom and I started up the other side with two (2)
rifles around my neck (why'd I even bring one?) anyway, she says you're
gonna have to help me. I sez, if I can climb this bank with 15 lbs of rifles
around my neck at 40+ yrs. old, surely you can empty-handed at 13.
Got about halfway up, and the ICANTS started. Told her ICANT never
could do nuthin, but if she couldn't get out I'd bring a biscuit and throw down
to her later :rolleyes: She finally managed to climb out and begin to walk
back to the four wheeler, then the MYFEETAREHURTING started, which
I accompanied with some micro-air-violin :p

same with mine, he ended up with one big doe but tried for 3. That 7mm-08 was singing this morning! But DonDon, I am just about ready to take your advice. I would like to at least get one on the ground this year, I have never gone a year without at least a couple.