One on the ground…….

  • wiswalleyenut
    Central WI.
    Posts: 343
    November 7, 2013 at 1:23 pm #203660

    After spending 50+ hours in the stand the last two weeks it took 20 minutes yesterday. I got to the stand at 1:30 and at 1:45 I had a fork and spike chase a doe through. About two minutes later this guy came through at 25 yards. The best part is the look on my 6 y.o. sons face. He would come running and asked me every day when I came home if I had shot a buck. Well today I was finally able to say yes! One of the first things out of his mouth was “Daddy, I am so proud of you”. 17″ spread………Not the monster others post, but I am happy and so is my little man!

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    November 7, 2013 at 1:33 pm #133701

    Awesome!! Congrats.

    josh_holliday
    Oxford, Wi
    Posts: 194
    November 7, 2013 at 2:02 pm #133705

    congrats!!!! That is a trophy to you and thats what matters. I hunt property that doesnt yeild monsters and I take what is available I would have shot that but also. glad you had a positive season.

    sauger
    Hastings ,MN
    Posts: 2442
    November 7, 2013 at 2:08 pm #133706

    Sweet!

    kentuckyboy
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 270
    November 7, 2013 at 2:16 pm #133707

    Great job. Way to go.

    huntalot60
    wisconsin
    Posts: 559
    November 7, 2013 at 3:12 pm #133709

    way to go, the smile on his face is priceless.
    i can’t wait to tell my son i shot a buck when i come home some night. I had the chance to shoot one when he was with me early in the season. i’m kicking myself for not shooting, he grunted it in for me at 14 yards.

    thinkeyes
    Fairfax, IOWA
    Posts: 408
    November 7, 2013 at 3:28 pm #133711

    NOTHING wrong with that buck at all! Congrats on an awesome kill and as a soon to be father, I can’t wait to have a little on waiting for me at the door wondering what I got!!!

    johnee
    Posts: 731
    November 7, 2013 at 3:36 pm #133714

    Nice buck! Looking at that face, that’s an Old Timer who’s been around for a while and they don’t get any easier to hunt over time so congrats.

    It’s fun to see the pictures of mega bucks, but we don’t all have the combination of land, feed, heard genetics, and low hunting pressure that can produce a lot of these bucks. I’m just as happy to harvest a decent 6 or 8 because it’s age and experience that make bucks hard to hunt, not rack size. That’s just a bonus.

    Way to go and fantastic to get the boy excieted about hunting.

    Grouse

    barebackjack
    New Prague, MN.
    Posts: 1023
    November 7, 2013 at 5:44 pm #133718

    Congrats! Nice buck

    tres_pezon
    Plymouth, MN
    Posts: 94
    November 7, 2013 at 7:48 pm #133728

    Makes me smile…great post!

    wiswalleyenut
    Central WI.
    Posts: 343
    November 7, 2013 at 8:32 pm #133731

    Thanks guys. My land borders public on two sides so the deer do get pressured……….that is why I LOVE the rut!

    flatlandfowler
    SC/SW MN
    Posts: 1081
    November 8, 2013 at 2:36 am #133746

    Congrats! Thats awesome you got your boy excited about deer

    Nothing wrong with that buck at all! You went out and got it done under difficult circumstances and achieved your goals with the awesome bonus of bringing it home to your boy.

    Randy Wieland
    Lebanon. WI
    Posts: 13478
    November 8, 2013 at 5:30 pm #133762

    Quote:

    Congrats! Thats awesome you got your boy excited about deer

    Nothing wrong with that buck at all! You went out and got it done under difficult circumstances and achieved your goals with the awesome bonus of bringing it home to your boy.


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    darrin_bauer
    Inactive
    Menomonie Wi.
    Posts: 260
    November 8, 2013 at 8:38 pm #133769

    Congrats, wouldn’t you like to be a fly on the wall when he is with his friends bragging about his Daddy!

    mossydan
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 7727
    November 8, 2013 at 9:12 pm #133770

    One of the best pictures I’ve seen!

    flatfish
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 2105
    November 9, 2013 at 2:32 am #133772

    Quote:

    Nice buck! Looking at that face, that’s an Old Timer who’s been around for a while and they don’t get any easier to hunt over time so congrats.

    It’s fun to see the pictures of mega bucks, but we don’t all have the combination of land, feed, heard genetics, and low hunting pressure that can produce a lot of these bucks. I’m just as happy to harvest a decent 6 or 8 because it’s age and experience that make bucks hard to hunt, not rack size. That’s just a bonus.

    Way to go and fantastic to get the boy excieted about hunting.

    Grouse

    I echo all stated above. I can remember when my guys were that age and were every bit as excited for me as I was….that is the trophy!

    devel
    Posts: 132
    November 12, 2013 at 2:38 am #133855

    What a great experience! Congrats!

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