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<blockquote data-quote="cowzrul" data-source="post: 1995313" data-attributes="member: 5353"><p>When I was 16 my boss took me to Davy Crockett National Forest for one day and we didn't see a thing. So I guess this qualifies as my first time to truly go hunting. Took my 12 yr old with me this past weekend. Saturday morning we saw a doe right at sunlight and then on my side of the blind a nice size 8 or 10 point comes out. I told my son to take a shot through my window but he couldn't get around me. We waited as the buck kept looking at the blind (read us) and he finally stopped about 50 yards right in front of the blind. My son took his shot while crouching (don't ask me why he didn't sit down) and the buck jumped and ran off. My son and I were shocked he missed. He had been getting good groups with the Weatherby Vanguard .308 but maybe the excitement got to him. We saw a little spike after that stop on my son's side of the blind but he didn't want to shoot the little guy (I was proud of his decision). Then we saw another doe but she was running. By now its 930 and the distant gun shots have almost ceased. He and I decided to move to the other side of the land which was a bad decision. After we got out of the blind a very large doe ran right in front of us followed by a HUGE buck. By the time I flipped my scope caps and took my rifle off safe they were at full pace. I can only imagine if we had stayed in the blind this would have been my son's. Saturday evening we didn't see a single thing besides a few armadillos.</p><p></p><p>Sunday morning we headed down to the blind just like the day before about an hour before open. Excited to see what we had seen the day before. I have to tell you it was upsetting not to see a thing. I was really hoping we would come home with something since this was the "BIG" trip for both of us. I kept telling my son we weren't going to leave until at least 10 and that patience would pay off. No sooner then I said that this buck comes running out on my sons side. I told him to get ready in case he stopped. I went ahead and sighted in. The buck stopped for a brief second and my son kept saying shot him, so I did. He took off running! I couldn't believe I had missed. We walked down and counted it off around 164 yards. As we were walking around I noticed a few drops of blood. We went ahead and followed the blood trail for at least 200 yards and found him on a trail with blood splattered all over the trees. He must have ran around in circles before he dropped. When we gutted him it looks like I got him in the lung and broke a rib. Shot him with a Savage FCP-10 .308 with a SWFA SS fixed 6x scope.</p><p></p><p>Now that we have been reflecting on this trip my son and I are convinced he more then likely hit that first buck on opening day. Bad thing is when he broke through the tree line there is a fence with somebody else's property so we couldn't have tracked him down anyway.</p><p></p><p><strong>[Broken External Image]</strong></p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i304.photobucket.com_albums_nn198_cowzrul_deer2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cowzrul, post: 1995313, member: 5353"] When I was 16 my boss took me to Davy Crockett National Forest for one day and we didn't see a thing. So I guess this qualifies as my first time to truly go hunting. Took my 12 yr old with me this past weekend. Saturday morning we saw a doe right at sunlight and then on my side of the blind a nice size 8 or 10 point comes out. I told my son to take a shot through my window but he couldn't get around me. We waited as the buck kept looking at the blind (read us) and he finally stopped about 50 yards right in front of the blind. My son took his shot while crouching (don't ask me why he didn't sit down) and the buck jumped and ran off. My son and I were shocked he missed. He had been getting good groups with the Weatherby Vanguard .308 but maybe the excitement got to him. We saw a little spike after that stop on my son's side of the blind but he didn't want to shoot the little guy (I was proud of his decision). Then we saw another doe but she was running. By now its 930 and the distant gun shots have almost ceased. He and I decided to move to the other side of the land which was a bad decision. After we got out of the blind a very large doe ran right in front of us followed by a HUGE buck. By the time I flipped my scope caps and took my rifle off safe they were at full pace. I can only imagine if we had stayed in the blind this would have been my son's. Saturday evening we didn't see a single thing besides a few armadillos. Sunday morning we headed down to the blind just like the day before about an hour before open. Excited to see what we had seen the day before. I have to tell you it was upsetting not to see a thing. I was really hoping we would come home with something since this was the "BIG" trip for both of us. I kept telling my son we weren't going to leave until at least 10 and that patience would pay off. No sooner then I said that this buck comes running out on my sons side. I told him to get ready in case he stopped. I went ahead and sighted in. The buck stopped for a brief second and my son kept saying shot him, so I did. He took off running! I couldn't believe I had missed. We walked down and counted it off around 164 yards. As we were walking around I noticed a few drops of blood. We went ahead and followed the blood trail for at least 200 yards and found him on a trail with blood splattered all over the trees. He must have ran around in circles before he dropped. When we gutted him it looks like I got him in the lung and broke a rib. Shot him with a Savage FCP-10 .308 with a SWFA SS fixed 6x scope. Now that we have been reflecting on this trip my son and I are convinced he more then likely hit that first buck on opening day. Bad thing is when he broke through the tree line there is a fence with somebody else's property so we couldn't have tracked him down anyway. [b][Broken External Image][/b] [IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i304.photobucket.com_albums_nn198_cowzrul_deer2.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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