Post by joeyb on Nov 14, 2011 9:20:19 GMT -5
A couple years ago my wife (then girlfriend) expressed interest in hunting gun season. I thought she was just wanting to spend time with me in my element. She went a few times, and missed a couple does. This year she again expressed interest, and I realized my mistake from years past. I used to put her in a tree, and I'd go somewhere else. Well I decided to sit with her this year and walk her through it. I learned that this is a must with a rookie.
We got in the woods opening morning and immediately started seeing does move into the corn field. We had a coyote come in, and she thought that was the coolest thing ever. I think she was happy just watching the squirells. I look over and see a deer's head. He was up laying in some brush off a hill. He was probably there the whole time cause he was laying down, and seemed settled. He wasn't budging for the whole hunt. It was neat to have him laying there the entire time we were in the stand. We tried several times to get him up with calls. No luck. At about 10 am I told her we can get down, or wait for a buddy to come try and jump him up. She opted to wait for my buddy to walk to us. As soon as my buddy emerged from the woods the buck jumped, and headed right for us. She shot him on the run, and he dropped. I think I was more excited for her then I was when I shot my first one. I told she was lucky to make a good shot cause there was no tracking job. She hit the shoulder and heart. We walked up to him and she thanked the deer and Mother Nature for their offering to us. She promised to use all that is possible of his body. This was something I didn't teach her, and it reminded why I married her.
As soon as we got home, and started butchering the buck she asked if we could go out that night for a doe. I of course said yes, and we went to my best doe spot. We had 3 does walk right in at about 5:15pm. She took kind of a quick shot at the 3rd doe. She missed her, but she learned a valuable lesson on taking her time. I told her she needs them to be running to make good shots.
;D
It was a successful weekend, and now I can get back on the bucks I've been hunting!
We got in the woods opening morning and immediately started seeing does move into the corn field. We had a coyote come in, and she thought that was the coolest thing ever. I think she was happy just watching the squirells. I look over and see a deer's head. He was up laying in some brush off a hill. He was probably there the whole time cause he was laying down, and seemed settled. He wasn't budging for the whole hunt. It was neat to have him laying there the entire time we were in the stand. We tried several times to get him up with calls. No luck. At about 10 am I told her we can get down, or wait for a buddy to come try and jump him up. She opted to wait for my buddy to walk to us. As soon as my buddy emerged from the woods the buck jumped, and headed right for us. She shot him on the run, and he dropped. I think I was more excited for her then I was when I shot my first one. I told she was lucky to make a good shot cause there was no tracking job. She hit the shoulder and heart. We walked up to him and she thanked the deer and Mother Nature for their offering to us. She promised to use all that is possible of his body. This was something I didn't teach her, and it reminded why I married her.
As soon as we got home, and started butchering the buck she asked if we could go out that night for a doe. I of course said yes, and we went to my best doe spot. We had 3 does walk right in at about 5:15pm. She took kind of a quick shot at the 3rd doe. She missed her, but she learned a valuable lesson on taking her time. I told her she needs them to be running to make good shots.
;DIt was a successful weekend, and now I can get back on the bucks I've been hunting!
