My Wife's First Deer Hunt

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My wife and I left home at 3:30am to start our hike on opening morning of Utah's general season muzzleloader hunt. We were heading to the top to locate a buck we had found a few days prior. After a few hour hike, we were sitting right in the saddle at first light. At 7:15am we spotted her buck, along with two smaller bucks feeding 200 yards down below us. The wind was just right, and loud enough to cover our scent and sound as we took the next 30 minutes to sneak through the pines and get at least 50 yards closer. We got 130 yards straight above the buck. My wife got set up with the shooting sticks, and just then the buck turned perfectly broadside. I sat waiting for the sound of the muzzleloader to go off. When suddenly my wife looked back at me and whispered. "I can't do it." What do you mean you can't do it? I asked. I said, "It's a solid 4 point! Hurry and pull the hammer back and slowly squeeze the trigger." She looked back down at the buck.. a few seconds past and she looked back at me again and said. "but babe, I feel sad.. I don't want to shoot it." I patiently told her "babe, you got to shoot this deer." She then positioned herself again and dropped the hammer on him! He went only a few feet and expired. Words cannot even explain how proud I was in that moment! I was jumping up and down all over the mountain! I think my wife thought I was crazy. But she now realizes how much I love what I do.
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We made our way down and around the cliffs and my wife was then way excited! She said she was so scarred to shoot it because she has never done anything like that before. She said after the shot, she was loving every minute of it.
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The cliff above is where she took the shot from.
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The pack out
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She was such a trooper!
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My wife comes from a family where hunting is a very foreign thing. So this was her very first mule deer hunt. She said she can't explain the emotions she had in that moment. But that she loved the memories that we can share together forever. My wife says she is so happy now that she can proudly call herself "a hunter."

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Very cool! Can't ask for much better buck for your first! Congrats to the both of you, awesome! This makes me even more pumped for next weekend, my wife drew her first buck tag and it will be her first time on trigger duty, I can't wait! 8) Again big congrats to your wife!
 
The fact that she calls herself "a hunter" speaks for it's self. Her first hunt was a great way to learn the love of what we do as hunters. Congrats to both of you on the hunt and a fine buck.
 
That's awesome! Congrats to you and your wife! I know right where you killed that buck, and I know she worked for him! Nice job!


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Congrats to you and your wife! I hope you have got her hooked!! That is a great story, and some lifelong memories!!
 
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Great job and congrat to her, and you. Great pics, great buck, great story.

Yelum

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Wow, for someone who was having second thoughts during "Crunch Time", her shot placement couldn't be any better. It looks like you have a convert. Congratulations!
 
Nicely done. I'm glad you now have a hunting wife/partner beside you now as you go forward in life.
That a good first buck.

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That is so awesome on many levels!! Great buck too!! You've got a hunting partner for life now!!

My wife shot her first buck this year and my reaction was probably similar to yours - crazy happy for her.
 
You are truly lucky to have such an awesome wife!




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I'm not one for telling my grandson how big of turd I had to pinch off from having to eat so much meat. I want to give him the antlers that hang from my wall and tell him the unforgettable experience that came with each and every one.
 
Very cool! Great pictures and well written. We all know that first time aprehention. You really captured that moment in this post. Great shooting on her per too! Tell her congrats. I remember the first my wife took, a cow elk, very similar expericence to yours. Still a very cherished memory of ours.
 
Beautiful buck for a beautiful girl! (I say that with due respect)
You're a lucky man since she's now your big buck huntress partner!
Excellent job, both of you!
Thanks for sharing your success,
Zeke
 
Congrats to you and your wife. Gotta admit, I thought this story was not gonna end well with her initial apprehension. Glad it worked out and she's now a big-game hunter. Great first buck too!
 
Wow, dandy buck...looks like your wife has set the bar pretty high on her 1st buck..:) nice shoot'n my lady...great pics thanks foe sharing.

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Tell you wife for me that she is a good ethical hunter. My wife and I had a discussion last year about how the thrill of the hunt and the rush of taking an animal is still also accompanied by the remorse of taking a life. The consolation is knowing your role in wildlife conservation and the good nourishment from lean healthy meat. Kudos to you both.
 
That is too cool...I still remember my wife's first back country buck! Congrats on a dandy hunt with memories to last forever...
 
Ive waited 10 years (and I'll wait another) for an LE deer tag, and I'll be more than grateful if I harvest such a great buck. Way to get it done..!! Your wife did awesome making the shot..!! :)

"Therefore, wo be unto him that is at ease in Zion!" 2 Ne. 28: 24
 
Thanks for sharing this.
There is nothing wrong with a person contemplating the shooting of an animal, so good on her!
Great job, and thanks for sharing how she felt.It really added to the story.
 

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