I think Grandpa is very proud alsoI 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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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.
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.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.
Season Opener today
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How did you get the gals to clean the deer? Both my wife and my kids go the other way.Hunting season picking up here in AZ
Ran out of #4s in 2-3/4".BBs for ducks?
How did you get the gals to clean the deer?
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I think the deer in my area are becoming radicalized.
This year I tried the wax method for the pin feathers and it worked great. Converted.Season Opener today
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Awesome!Couple more from this year, only one of the bucks are mine.
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Mick - Do you hunt with this Peregrine? Beautiful!!!