Skylar is 8 for 8 and learning to manage on her own.

I was at my hunting lease yesterday with my 11 year old granddaughter Skylar. We were in the stand about 4:00 pm when this 6 pointer cut the corner of a field running. We got him stopped and Skylar decided she wanted to take him. She was shooting my 7mm for the first time and one shot one kill. I put my hand behind the gun butt against her shoulder and held the barrel down on the stand rail for her. This makes her 8th deer with 8 shots, I told her that she would eventually miss.

To back up a little, Skylar was at the lease with me this past Friday to muzzleload and got sick. I took her home Friday evening. My grandson and wife was coming down Friday evening for gun season on Saturday. Skylar normally shoots a .270 and I told my grandson to swap out her .270 for my 7mm since I assumed she would be sick Saturday also.

Anyways, she felt better Saturday and I met my daughter in Asheboro to pick Skylar up to hunt Saturday evening. When we got up the stand Saturday evening I told her I had my 7mm Browning A-bolt and not her .270. She was scared at first. Then the buck came out fast, we had to move fast, when I braced the gun off and she took the shot the buck started doing the side to side tail moving. He jumped a fence and I saw him go down. I asked Skylar how it kicked and she didn't remember it even going off.

I told her since the Browning was a new gun to me last year and I hadn't even killed a deer with it yet, I thought it would be fitting to just give her the gun. She loved that, I just asked her if I could use it until she got a little bigger. She was okay with that to.

Her buck was a big bodied 6 pointer and nice deer for a youngun to shoot. While we were cleaning it, she told me that she is done shooting bucks unless they are trophies. I told her that they are few and far between, that I hadn't shot a buck since 2006. She said no more smaller bucks for her unless they were hurt and needed to be shot. She said if she wanted to shoot a deer that wasn't a trophy there was plenty of does out there. Makes me proud that she decided this on her own.

Skylar is the one in the orange hat.

Now thats priceless right there pop. I cant wait until my daughter gets a little older to bust one. Thanks for sharing!

Newell

A very mature decision for a young lady and a very nice buck..someone has made quite an impression on that young hunter,Good luck on the trophy buck,,as you say,thay are few and far between

That is a fine deer for Skylar. Be thankful the grandkids wants to spend time with their Pop doing what he loves doing.Thumbs Up Congrats on the buck.

the smiles says all!!!!Thumbs Up

AWESOME!!! I know she is as proud as her poppop. Congrats Skylar.

Nice!

Sounds like she is being raised right. What a blessing! I bet she never felt the recoil of that 7mm.

that's a heck of a granddaughter you got. 8 for 8 is something not too many hunters can claim I would imagine.

Way to go skylar, you are my hero.

By the way skylar, can you come sit in my stand with me, I'm hunting now and not seeing anything.

Great Job Rick and Skylar!!

i still remember those first photos with the blood on the face, you really got a good one there, enjoy ya'lls time together, i hope she shoots a trophy ever year, and you better post some pics of it, if she ever decides she wants a turkey i will volunteer to do the calling.