My daughter and I braved the harsh wind and rain to spend an evening afield for Virginia's first annual youth deer day. This was a one day hunt where any weapon was allowed and for youth 16 and under. We sat in the ground blind overlooking an alfalfa field when the monster I had been watching showed himself.....she missed, severe case of buck fever. She did end up with a nice doe and the jerky curing has begun. For a 13 year old girl to even go out on a harsh rainy day any deer is a trophy. She has taken five does now and wants a buck bad, she tells me now she is even having dreams about the buck she missed....
Hunting & Fishing Virginia Youth Deer Day
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Good on you for being the dad who will take his kids out. It does nothing but good for all family causes. Give her a pat on the back from the guys!
Good on you for being the dad who will take his kids out. It does nothing but good for all family causes. Give her a pat on the back from the guys!
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Congrats to you and your daughter Reeljob!
I took my 10 year old son out in the wonderful weather up in the Galax area for the youth hunt this weekend as well. We put in a long morning seeing only a couple of does but he wanted to hold out for the buck. Papa, (my Dad) had a couple of really really nice bucks patterned for him. We went back out about 3pm and got set up for the rest of the day. We did not see a single critter until about 6:30pm when the rain let up just a bit and wind died off. We saw 5 deer come out into the field about 800 yards out, all bucks but the big ones where not in the group. I guess the big boys did not like the weather.
Well given the weather that we had all sat through we decided it was time to try to close the gap a bit. We were able to move to within 500 yards before we ran out of hills to keep in between us and the deer. We were hunting a really large pasture area. We crawled up to a fence line just across the ridge from the deer and dropped the legs on the bipod and started setting up for the shot. I ranged them and they were 450 yards. I dialed 9.5 moa into the S&B on his rifle and thankfully the wind had died off to nearly nothing so that was not a factor. I told him to pick the one the he wanted and let me know before he sends it. After a few seconds of him sizing them up through the scope he told me which deer to get glass on. He settled in behind his favorite 308 and worked his redman rear bag until he had a solid rest and squeezed the trigger. That was all she wrote, he was down in his tracks. Then the celebrating began!! I am not sure who was happier him, his Papa or me!!!
A well deserved trophy after sticking it out in the rain all day.
When we got to his deer he started counting and came up with 10 points. I would called in a 7 pointer with 3 small kicker points but after he put in the day that he did being out in the rain all day I was not going to correct his count, he earned it for sure. Hey back when I first started hunting we counted everything as well, if you could hang a ring on it, it was a point!!
He has really practiced this summer and has been ringing steel out to 700 yards with great consistency so I knew that shot was not a problem for him and he proved me right for sure!!!
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Congrats to you and your daughter Reeljob!
I took my 10 year old son out in the wonderful weather up in the Galax area for the youth hunt this weekend as well. We put in a long morning seeing only a couple of does but he wanted to hold out for the buck. Papa, (my Dad) had a couple of really really nice bucks patterned for him. We went back out about 3pm and got set up for the rest of the day. We did not see a single critter until about 6:30pm when the rain let up just a bit and wind died off. We saw 5 deer come out into the field about 800 yards out, all bucks but the big ones where not in the group. I guess the big boys did not like the weather.
Well given the weather that we had all sat through we decided it was time to try to close the gap a bit. We were able to move to within 500 yards before we ran out of hills to keep in between us and the deer. We were hunting a really large pasture area. We crawled up to a fence line just across the ridge from the deer and dropped the legs on the bipod and started setting up for the shot. I ranged them and they were 450 yards. I dialed 9.5 moa into the S&B on his rifle and thankfully the wind had died off to nearly nothing so that was not a factor. I told him to pick the one the he wanted and let me know before he sends it. After a few seconds of him sizing them up through the scope he told me which deer to get glass on. He settled in behind his favorite 308 and worked his redman rear bag until he had a solid rest and squeezed the trigger. That was all she wrote, he was down in his tracks. Then the celebrating began!! I am not sure who was happier him, his Papa or me!!!
When we got to his deer he started counting and came up with 10 points. I would called in a 7 pointer with 3 small kicker points but after he put in the day that he did being out in the rain all day I was not going to correct his count, he earned it for sure. Hey back when I first started hunting we counted everything as well, if you could hang a ring on it, it was a point!!
He has really practiced this summer and has been ringing steel out to 700 yards with great consistency so I knew that shot was not a problem for him and he proved me right for sure!!!
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This is crazy, but I think I have met you on this piece of property. Is it in Buck Mt. outside Independence? If so this is the same farm my daughter had just left from, and that buck looks familiar too! I may have met you while bowhunting a few years back when I had some bad luck on a bruiser during bow season. You may not be the same guy I met from Mooresville but Congrats to your son for a nice buck!!
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This is crazy, but I think I have met you on this piece of property. Is it in Buck Mt. outside Independence? If so this is the same farm my daughter had just left from, and that buck looks familiar too! I may have met you while bowhunting a few years back when I had some bad luck on a bruiser during bow season. You may not be the same guy I met from Mooresville but Congrats to your son for a nice buck!!
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: oneshot976</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Congrats to you and your daughter Reeljob!
I took my 10 year old son out in the wonderful weather up in the Galax area for the youth hunt this weekend as well. We put in a long morning seeing only a couple of does but he wanted to hold out for the buck. Papa, (my Dad) had a couple of really really nice bucks patterned for him. We went back out about 3pm and got set up for the rest of the day. We did not see a single critter until about 6:30pm when the rain let up just a bit and wind died off. We saw 5 deer come out into the field about 800 yards out, all bucks but the big ones where not in the group. I guess the big boys did not like the weather.
Well given the weather that we had all sat through we decided it was time to try to close the gap a bit. We were able to move to within 500 yards before we ran out of hills to keep in between us and the deer. We were hunting a really large pasture area. We crawled up to a fence line just across the ridge from the deer and dropped the legs on the bipod and started setting up for the shot. I ranged them and they were 450 yards. I dialed 9.5 moa into the S&B on his rifle and thankfully the wind had died off to nearly nothing so that was not a factor. I told him to pick the one the he wanted and let me know before he sends it. After a few seconds of him sizing them up through the scope he told me which deer to get glass on. He settled in behind his favorite 308 and worked his redman rear bag until he had a solid rest and squeezed the trigger. That was all she wrote, he was down in his tracks. Then the celebrating began!! I am not sure who was happier him, his Papa or me!!!
A well deserved trophy after sticking it out in the rain all day.
When we got to his deer he started counting and came up with 10 points. I would called in a 7 pointer with 3 small kicker points but after he put in the day that he did being out in the rain all day I was not going to correct his count, he earned it for sure. Hey back when I first started hunting we counted everything as well, if you could hang a ring on it, it was a point!!
He has really practiced this summer and has been ringing steel out to 700 yards with great consistency so I knew that shot was not a problem for him and he proved me right for sure!!!
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Ahh. See a smile like that and a memory that will last forever is exactly why it's great to get the kids into the field!!!!!!!!!!!!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: oneshot976</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Congrats to you and your daughter Reeljob!
I took my 10 year old son out in the wonderful weather up in the Galax area for the youth hunt this weekend as well. We put in a long morning seeing only a couple of does but he wanted to hold out for the buck. Papa, (my Dad) had a couple of really really nice bucks patterned for him. We went back out about 3pm and got set up for the rest of the day. We did not see a single critter until about 6:30pm when the rain let up just a bit and wind died off. We saw 5 deer come out into the field about 800 yards out, all bucks but the big ones where not in the group. I guess the big boys did not like the weather.
Well given the weather that we had all sat through we decided it was time to try to close the gap a bit. We were able to move to within 500 yards before we ran out of hills to keep in between us and the deer. We were hunting a really large pasture area. We crawled up to a fence line just across the ridge from the deer and dropped the legs on the bipod and started setting up for the shot. I ranged them and they were 450 yards. I dialed 9.5 moa into the S&B on his rifle and thankfully the wind had died off to nearly nothing so that was not a factor. I told him to pick the one the he wanted and let me know before he sends it. After a few seconds of him sizing them up through the scope he told me which deer to get glass on. He settled in behind his favorite 308 and worked his redman rear bag until he had a solid rest and squeezed the trigger. That was all she wrote, he was down in his tracks. Then the celebrating began!! I am not sure who was happier him, his Papa or me!!!
When we got to his deer he started counting and came up with 10 points. I would called in a 7 pointer with 3 small kicker points but after he put in the day that he did being out in the rain all day I was not going to correct his count, he earned it for sure. Hey back when I first started hunting we counted everything as well, if you could hang a ring on it, it was a point!!
He has really practiced this summer and has been ringing steel out to 700 yards with great consistency so I knew that shot was not a problem for him and he proved me right for sure!!!
Oneshot
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Ahh. See a smile like that and a memory that will last forever is exactly why it's great to get the kids into the field!!!!!!!!!!!!
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AverageJoeAhh. See a smile like that and a memory that will last forever is exactly why it's great to get the kids into the field!!!!!!!!!!!! [/quote said:
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That is some great shooting. Wait until he gets a couple of years and he may be out shooting you. Is that a factory stick.
That is some great shooting. Wait until he gets a couple of years and he may be out shooting you. Is that a factory stick.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 1eyedjack1</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That is some great shooting. Wait until he gets a couple of years and he may be out shooting you. Is that a factory stick. </div></div>
Thanks, Yeah I think you are right he will be out shooting me before I know it. The rifle is a factory stick, it is a Steyr SBS "Tactical Mcmillan". It has a 26 varmit contour barrel. It is extremely accurate, probably one of the best out of the box rifle I have ever owned. Well I used to own it until my little man took it from me.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 1eyedjack1</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That is some great shooting. Wait until he gets a couple of years and he may be out shooting you. Is that a factory stick. </div></div>
Thanks, Yeah I think you are right he will be out shooting me before I know it. The rifle is a factory stick, it is a Steyr SBS "Tactical Mcmillan". It has a 26 varmit contour barrel. It is extremely accurate, probably one of the best out of the box rifle I have ever owned. Well I used to own it until my little man took it from me.
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Mike, y'all are just a pair of showoffs!
Good job on the foul weather hunting.
You going to Ray's this Sunday?
Mike, y'all are just a pair of showoffs!
Good job on the foul weather hunting.
You going to Ray's this Sunday?
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Thanks guys, it was a great time.
Dennis,
I didn't make it. Let me know how it was.
Take care,
Mike
Thanks guys, it was a great time.
Dennis,
I didn't make it. Let me know how it was.
Take care,
Mike
