Took a yohng man bow hunting this morning . Never hunted a day in his life . 15 yrs old , picked him up at 5:15 , he was up and ready, a big plus these days , put him in a two man stand with me at 5:45 this morning .
7:30 spotted a buck coming in a creek bottom , had ranged some trees and held up the hand signals to let him know how to hold .
He squeezed the trigger and it bounded off , ran about 75 yds and hit the ground kicking .
He was shaking like a leaf , we climbed down , found bolt and blood was sprayed knee high . Blood trail was great with lots of spraying , so I was sure it was a heart shot .
We got to it , six pointer with about a 15”-16” spread , nice buck for first time out .
He gutted without gagging and when he removed the heart there was a big gash in it .
Stopped by his grandma’s on the way out , she was some kind of proud of him .
His mom and dad was too .
Dad is in Middle East , he really liked the pics .
He is now looking forward to ML season .
Looks like he is going to be a future hunter .
We talked a week ago coming home from dinner , he is highly knowledgeable about computers and a gamer .
Was shockingly aware of the need for upholding the constitution and how wrong antifa and blm Is and their funding and purpose .
Never expected to be having this kind of conversation with him .
Definitely won my respect .
Kenneth
Thank you for being one of the good ones.
Best thread in a long time. Well done to both the hunter and his mentor.
Congrats to the young man and yourself for taking him out.
Well done
an hour and a half of hunting,he's spoiled now ,
Congratulations to the young man and thanks for your spending time with him.
You took him “cross bow” hunting.
Good for both of you.
Best thread in a long time. Well done to both the hunter and his mentor.
+1
That young man never forget this day. Neither will you.
Good on ya for taking him K66.......
You just helped change his life.......
Great story....I enjoy hearing about solutions in action rather than just more compounding problems.
Best thread in a long time. Well done to both the hunter and his mentor.
+1
That young man never forget this day. Neither will you.
Mega-dittoes!
Bravo Zulu to both of you!
Yep just ran to the grocery store for wife and was smileing and reminiscing the morning all the way there .
Got groceries , got in line and cashier rang up groceries and then the oh Shiet ! Moment occurred, forgot my wallet , lol , assured the lady I would be right back , about 5 miles to my house .
Surprisingly the cart was still there and not back on the shelf .
Smiled through the whole thing .
Thanks to all
Kenneth
That's great to hear! Sounds like he'll be hooked!
-Jake
Pics add to threads like this!
Got some great pictures , just to dam onary to jump through the hoops it takes to post them here .
But what the he'll, will give it a try again
Kenneth
Dam it , that was so easy
Took a yohng man bow hunting this morning . Never hunted a day in his life . 15 yrs old , picked him up at 5:15 , he was up and ready, a big plus these days , put him in a two man stand with me at 5:45 this morning .
7:30 spotted a buck coming in a creek bottom , had ranged some trees and held up the hand signals to let him know how to hold .
He squeezed the trigger and it bounded off , ran about 75 yds and hit the ground kicking .
He was shaking like a leaf , we climbed down , found bolt and blood was sprayed knee high . Blood trail was great with lots of spraying , so I was sure it was a heart shot .
We got to it , six pointer with about a 15”-16” spread , nice buck for first time out .
He gutted without gagging and when he removed the heart there was a big gash in it .
Stopped by his grandma’s on the way out , she was some kind of proud of him .
His mom and dad was too .
Dad is in Middle East , he really liked the pics .
He is now looking forward to ML season .
Looks like he is going to be a future hunter .
We talked a week ago coming home from dinner , he is highly knowledgeable about computers and a gamer .
Was shockingly aware of the need for upholding the constitution and how wrong antifa and blm Is and their funding and purpose .
Never expected to be having this kind of conversation with him .
Definitely won my respect .
Kenneth
Well done Kenneth66!! That's an outstanding story and day that you'll both be able to treasure for the rest of your days. An archery heart shot is like winning the World Series so make sure to tell him "Great Job!" from us!!
7 on that , he is a humble young man . He will do well in life I believe .
Doesn’t seem to have the hold my beer thing going on , dam if I didn’t waste a pile of life with that dumb shiet
Kenneth
How. Bout that shiet , I’m regular rocket scientist !
Kenneth
This is the best thing that I read all day. Well done. Congratulations to the hunter AND his guide!
Super cool man good on you we all need to seek after these opportunities!
Whoa that’s quite the buck very very nice work!
I just got home from scouting with a young man from a non-hunting family. We’ll be firearm hunting end of next month and we built blinds and talked strategy he is beside himself excited.
Love it.. thanks for posting Kenneth. Yup sounds like a great kid, everyone seems to be drawn to the negative these days but there's lots of good young folks out there as this young fellow is definitely one of them. Good on you for showing him the ropes
I give a major thumbs up to you for helping out that kid. Some great memories made. He'll never forget that day and neither will you. Contrary to what some folks think, we still have a lot of good solid kids amongst us. I too, thank you personally for helping out one of 'em.
Much respect to you both.
Congrats!
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Kenneth
What's the back story? How did you come to take him under your wing?
You using Bins 2mb stuff???
That is a very frustrating system....
Try postimages or imgur.
Easy once you get it down with some practice
2nd nature ..
Another member started a thread 2 or 3 days ago.
Got some coaching on here.
Took him bout an hour to get it down pat.
You dont have to start an account on post image to use it
Dont know about imgur.
You can start a account if ya wanta create albums.
Here ya go. Rick's method is not that hard.............once you know how.
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Good luck to you and the young fellow efw . And thanks for all the kind words from all .
We kind of threw this together on a whim . We made the plans earlier in the week but my work schedule and his school schedule did not allow us time to prep at all .
His ability to follow instructions was the only practice we had .
I explained to him what each dot was for range wise , hosed us both down with scent killer , explained tree stand safety to him , how to operate safety without clicking it , cocked It on ground , pulled it up , loaded it for him and handed it to him
Showed him the hand signals , he followed to a tee from releasing safety to gutting and dragging deer .
After he gutted it , I pointed to a draw across the creek that opened into a field , told him get it to there and I was walking out to get the truck .
When I returned he was were he was supposed to be with a perma grin .
Lol , I do believe I am as happy about it as he is .
Kenwth
Thanks again fellows , we had discussed hunting one time two yrs ago but I think maybe his mom thought ha was too young , she is very strict on him and his sister .
His mom is my Daughter-in-law and the children are my grandchildren by marriage .
As I have gotten to know this family they have instilled the presence of great inner strength to me and the kids have the discipline and ability to follow instructions to a tee .
I tried to cover the details if safety and dos and donts of hunting to the fullest I could . He forgot nothing and executed perfectly .
This Thursday we are going to spend time with hands on firearm safety and shooting a 22 at various field positions at 25 yds for basics and then move to 100 yds .
Friday evening we will put him behind a ZmL for the first time and I will keep him with me for probably the season .
Kenneth
Well done! Congratulations to both of you and thanks for sharing the story.
Congratulations to the boy. Good of you to take him out.
Way to go K66!
Great day for the both of you.
Good to hear. No pics of his handy work?
Good to hear. No pics of his handy work?
Disregard. Originally missed the pics but just saw. Fine buck!
Congrats, the world is now, officially a better place. ;-{>8
Nice buck and great story!
Thanks for sharing!
Nice!
Congrats to the fella. He’ll never forget it.