youth deer hunt

welp........takin my lil baby boy(13yr old) out tomorrow to see if he can take him a deer of some sort. he hasn't quite mastered the handgun yet.......but he's kinnda lookin forwards to using his rem 700 adl in .243. got her loaded with 37.0gr of varget and rem 80gr plhp's. hope he gets a shot at sumthin
2 day early youth season came in today, but i had to work. vacation day off tomorrow.

took his first doe at age 8 with a ruger m77 22-250 but hasn't had much interest since. now he's WANTIN to go.

Good luck to the young'in, and you. Hope he gets one too. The handgun thing will come in time. Just don't start him out with the 300 Win Mag.

Good luck to you and your son tomorrow. Just tell the young man to take his time and he'll do fine. As per the Handgun thing, I am betting with a little practice with one of those 6mm T/CU's he wouldn't have any trouble at all.

Good luck

Larry

that's great, tell him good luck from ole nmhunter.
nmhunter

I hope you guys have a great time together, whether you see a vcritter or not. Of course a nice deer would certainly add to it....

Just keep in mind, "any day spent with your son is a grand day indeed" !!

Rupe

welp.........that was quick n painless ethan got his second deer at 9am this mornin. we made it back outta the woods in time for him to go to church with mommy.

he made one heck of a nice shot with a good rest. i hesitate to tell how far it was for fear of seeming "full of it". i know 200yds sounds like a long shot for a 13yr old boy, but he did great.

we had 3 does come out early, and he was askin "can i shoot?". i said, no son they are about 400yds away . i told him they may come on around the ridge n drop down into the brush n come out again across the valley in front of us. that they did about 40 minutes later.....or at least one of them.
he steadied for the shot....for what seemed like forever. i noticed his heavy breathing, and realized he was gettin a lil excited anticipating the shot. i told him to take a deep breath n steady up. luckily the deer gave plenty of time for a broadside, slightly quartering away shot.
he pulled the trigger as i was watching thru binoculars. the doe bucked her rear feet wildly n bolted for the brush line. it was such a long shot for him, i was really worried that he hit too far back or possibly under the deer. i just couldn't tell by the deer's reaction.

we climbed up the hillside and found her right where she disappeared at the edge of the brush. a good bloodtrail(i was tickled to find)was easily followed. she had traveled only 30-40yds.
the 80gr plhp bullet with 37.0gr of varget from the .243 m700 rem did the trick. VERY small deer, and 200yds out, the bullet entered just in front of the shoulder and exited with about a large finger size hole between the two front legs. he had hit about 4"-6"farther forward than i woulda liked, but dead is dead.
evidently the bullet did expand although traveling thru only about half the cross section of the deer. i havn't chronied that load yet but intend to soon. shoots great in his rifle, but at the time i tested it in my 15" .243 handgun, it wasn't nearly as accurate in it.

now.......in time, maybe i can get him "handgun converted"
here's a proud daddy's pic of a very happy son.

THAT IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tell that young man congrats for me!! Thats a great shot for a young'in at 200 yards.


PS; Congrats proud Dad!!

FANTASTIC!!!!!!! I know you are proud, tell him CONGRATS!!!
nmhunter

And the think you were worried. Heck he is a chip off the old block so to speak. Ethan, you did your daddy proud CONGRATS YOUNG MAN. Think about this guys, if ole KYODE is this excited about Ethan getting a Deer with a Rifle, just imagine how excited he would be if Ethan would have used a Handgun.

Way to go Dad, as you obviously did your part in helping / teaching Ethan quite well. You did your part and Ethan did his part, what a fitting conclusion.

CONGRATS to Father and Son for a job well done.

Larry

SUPER !! What a memory days like that will bring to you both. Pass on my congrats to your son.

Rupe

congratulations...ethan and dad!!! many more to come i hope.