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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oklahomabassin" data-source="post: 1960394" data-attributes="member: 1546">Roos7a and Okie4570 great stories!Okie4570, I just want to thank you again for helping this year. The tutorial on the trapping was excellent. Friday morning started really early and after exiting the truck we headed off into the darkness. We situated ourselves backed into a plum thicket and awaited for the sunrise. As the sun rose, we could see some deer about 600 yards off in the cut hay grazer field. About 25 turkey left there roost and landed in the field in front of us. This was the first time the lady hunter had seen that. The deer presented 2 shot opportunities as they left the feed field for the timber, but my hunter wasn't quick enough getting steady and squeezing the trigger. I explained to her a few tips for being a little quicker on the trigger. Soon we were presented an opportunity at a coyote. (the landowner said to shoot em all, as the week before they came into his yard and killed his dog) She shot just a tad high, but none the less, it was an enjoyable morning. We met up with the others in the group for a little crossbow shooting session before lunch. The kids really enjoyed shooting the crossbow. After lunch break, we had some trap shooting with the kids and fathers. At times it became pretty competitive with the kids challenging the dads. Later that afternoon we split up and headed for the blinds. We saw only one deer this evening but it kept moving from thicket to thicket as cattle bumped it out. When it was safe to do so, I helped her practice her aiming and to speed up her "shooting". I would surprise her with a tree and say alright aim on it and say "pow" when you feel like you should squeeze the trigger. We knocked her time down to be half. We did enjoy the beautiful sunset that, she admitted to never have seen from the woods. Saturday morning we sat in a blind overlooking a windmill and overflowing water tanks. As the sun rose, we heard coyotes howling, and several different birds singing. Soon a deer stepped out for a drink, and when I said it was safe and to shoot, she squeezed off the round and the deer dropped in its tracks. It was about 80 yards away and she was shooting a .243. The smiles on these kids faces make it all worth it. This is my 2nd year to help with this program and I convinced a friend of mine to volunteer. She is already looking forward to next year to help again. I hope to bring in 2 more volunteers next year, might it be you? PM me if you would like more information.<img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i106.photobucket.com_albums_m277_hunter_fish_DSC02280.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i106.photobucket.com_albums_m277_hunter_fish_DSC02276.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i106.photobucket.com_albums_m277_hunter_fish_DSC02272.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i106.photobucket.com_albums_m277_hunter_fish_DSC02266.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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