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Good morning to all around the Campfire. Up early, but not to go hunting this morning. Coffee is on, fire is going, and I'm listening to rain on the roof and thankful for another family deer adventure that turned out even better than I had hoped. Our deer season got off to a slow start this year as I was gone the first four days of the season with students at a National Science Teachers Association convention in Kansas City, so Sunday was our first day out. My wife and I divided up and hunted with Grace and Layne in different spots. The morning hunt found Grace and I overlooking one of our favorite spots, but we didn't see any deer. Our evening hunt was spent overlooking a pretty area of sandhill country, but once again, the deer weren't cooperating. Temps in the 60's weren't helping any, I'm sure. No luck for me after school on Monday, but a short hunt Tuesday evening produced this small 7-pt. for the freezer. This one and an 8-pt that was a little bit bigger came out 250 yards down the tree row I was in, but livestock and a farm house in the background made it a no-shoot situation until the deer moved. They slowly started to move my way and this one finally gave me the chance to put some meat in the freezer. Friday I took time off to spend the day with Layne and we started it watching out over the same draw Grace and I watched last Sunday. We ended up seeing a small 4-pt buck at 8:45 am that came up out of the draw, but he didn't give us a shot. About 30 min. after that a very nice 8-pt buck came walking in at the very bottom of the draw and stepped into a small opening, but was facing us head-on at 150 yards and was down below us, so not a very good shot. He stayed like that for maybe 15-30 seconds at most. Layne was on him waiting for him to turn just a bit, but instead he put his head down and walked straight towards us, so all we would have had to shoot at was the top of his neck and back until he disappeared in the trees below us. Darn it.... Layne was disappointed to not get a shot, but very excited to see him and know he is there. We stayed a while to see if he would show again, but didn't see him, so I'm sure he bedded in the draw for the day. We backed out quietly hoping we might cross paths with him again this weekend. An evening hunt produced no deer sightings for me and a nice nap for Layne.
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[/URL] After getting the buck back to our gear I stopped to wish Layne an early Merry Christmas...the rifle he has been practicing with and just used to take this buck is now his. I bought it as a project rifle as the stock has beautiful grain, but it needs to be refinished, so we will work on it together this winter. I added a new Buck knife because all deer hunters need a good knife, too. Last night Layne put his new knife to use as both he and Grace helped Kelley and I get my deer in the freezer. Layne is now counting down as the first batch of jerky will be ready by breakfast tomorrow. Busy week ahead to get these three deer in the freezer, then we will get back out in January during our antlerless season. I have two young men (a current student and a former student) who have not deer hunted before that would like to get out, so we will get some practice in over Christmas break and see if we can get them their first deer. I'm blessed to have a family that enjoys all of this with me and we are thankful for the landowners who let us get out and enjoy time in the field together. There will be burger and jerky headed their way this week as a thank you. I'm glad to have the chance to connect and share the fun with all of you here, too. Best wishes to all of you for a Merrry Christmas! Dan
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Getting the kids involved start to finish...EXCELLENT!
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Dan, You're very blessed. And I'm jealous of Layne's 6mm! Sounds like you might need to ask santa for a bigger freezer.
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great story and pictures, thanks for sharing.
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Dan, Wonderful post - I look forward to this one showing each year. Looks like this year was another great one, congrats to you and your family!!
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great hunt , congrats!!
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Congratulations all the way around!!!!!!
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A most excellent story of your family adventures. Many thanks for sharing them with us!!
Congrats to you all and have a Merry Christmas!
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You all did very well the past couple days. Good Job!
Looks like another visit to the taxidermist with a very nice looking buck.
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Congrats to you and your family. The pics and the story is one of the best family hunt stories I have read on this site.
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Great story and pictures...
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Great thread Dan! Nicely done by all!
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Thanks, guys. I will pass your congratulations on to the kids.
SKane, I am hoping Layne will still let me shoot his 6mm once in a while. It really is a nice-shooting rifle!
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Simply outstanding.
Thanks for sharing bud.
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