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John,
Another great start to the deer season. Early on, my buddies and I
have been able to take quite a few does. And then my daughter,
Kelsey, strikes
again with a very respectable 9 pointer during the youth season (she
also got a 23lb turkey during the youth turkey season...but I can't
find the pictures...maybe someday).
Then at 9am Monday morning, two hot does, four crazy shooters
running around in a CRP field. One 12 pointer about 150+" that was
too far to shoot. And one brute (close to 170") that was running
BOTH of the does at the same time. He and the does ran right under
my stand (one yard or less), but at full speed. I tried everything
but jumping on him to get him to stop for a shot, while I was at
full draw. He never slowed.....
Then I saw a 120+" 10 pointer at about 70 yards, but he headed into
the Osage Orange patch behind me. The grunting stopped, so I started
grunting hoping to call one of the bucks back (hoping they had lost
the doe momentarily). I looked up and coming down the hill toward me
is the one I shot. I had a live decoy in a small fork horn that
showed up under my stand EVERYTIME I grunted...it was great to watch
the confusion on that young deer's face. But this time it helped,
that big ten pointer saw him and came in bristled up. I double
lunged him at 20 yards and he whirled and went down less than 50
yards later. I sat in the tree for about 10 minutes anyway...just to
make sure I wouldn't fall out.
Those types of days are rare and I would have remembered it even if
I didn't get a buck...he was just the icing on the cake.
Kirk took a turkey with his bow that morning also...so needless to
say, it has been an exciting week.
The best part though....getting to see my daughter add another one
to the board. I am so thankful that she enjoys being out there with
her "old man".
Hopefully, we will have more to add soon
Good Hunting, Shawn
 John,
Here are the pics I promised to go with the story. Hope they turned
out okay. Hopefully Craig and Randy will send you some of theirs and
my other buddy Curt had great success this weekend. His son killed a
deer that will score close to 170...he is planning on sending some
pics in to you sometime. Shawn
See what his daughter Kelsey
has done! Or, Shawn's page 1 or
3.
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