2023 Hunting Picture Thread

I am proud and thrilled to report that my 7yo granddaughter harvested her very first whitetail this morning in Illinois' Youth deer season!
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She is a chip off the old block and my wife's "mini-me". She excels at whatever she does......
...Competition cheerleaders. Tumbling,. caught a pig at the county fair pig scramble (lol)...and now took a buck on opening morning of her very first deer hunt!
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I'm not sure who was the happiest..... IMG_8687.jpg
Her or her daddy..(my son #1)!
We are harvesting and very busy today, but #1 son is nuts about hunting some tool the morning off and I'm glad he did.!

His little girl will never forget her first deer!

The deer had something wrong with his rack, one side was rather goofy looking but a good deer to cull.....and the first thing to pass by our elevated box blind on opening day of youth season.

She said "can I shoot it?"
#1 took a look at the rack and said "yep!".
We had seen that buck wandering around last season with an abnormal rack.
 
I am proud and thrilled to report that my 7yo granddaughter harvested her very first whitetail this morning in Illinois' Youth deer season!
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She is a chip off the old block and my wife's "mini-me". She excels at whatever she does......
...Competition cheerleaders. Tumbling,. caught a pig at the county fair pig scramble (lol)...and now took a buck on opening morning of her very first deer hunt!
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I'm not sure who was the happiest.....View attachment 1174807
Her or her daddy..(my son #1)!
We are harvesting and very busy today, but #1 son is nuts about hunting some tool the morning off and I'm glad he did.!

His little girl will never forget her first deer!

The deer had something wrong with his rack, one side was rather goofy looking but a good deer to cull.....and the first thing to pass by our elevated box blind on opening day of youth season.

She said "can I shoot it?"
#1 took a look at the rack and said "yep!".
We had seen that buck wandering around last season with an abnormal rack.
I think Grandpa is very proud also 🙂
 
The deer had something wrong with his rack, one side was rather goofy looking but a good deer to cull.....and the first thing to pass by our elevated box blind on opening day of youth season.
That deer probably had a tussle with a motor vehicle or farm equipment a couple of years ago. That's what usually causes racks like that.

Good for your granddaughter. :thumbup: Mine didn't get her 1st deer until she was 9.
 
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