Daughters snake valley antelope

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I wanted to give an update of my daughters hunt. Sunday she was successful in taking her first big game animal. It was incredible!!....such a fantastic hunt for her. She is tickled with her buck and I couldn't be happier for and prouder of her. She rose up in her moment of truth, kept her composure, killed quick and clean, & most importantly, was safe with her weapon.

We scouted up several good bucks leading up to her hunt with 2 in particular that stood out to us. One of them is in my previous post in the antelope section, but I wasn?t able to get pics/video of the other one. We nick named him Mr. high & wide. We had high hopes Sunday of catching up with again as they were together with a dozen or so does. Honestly I was having my doubts because we had to miss opening day. But to our good fortune, they were right in the same area not 200 yards from where we saw them the week before opener. When they saw the truck they wasted no time heading out, so we hauled ass around & above them, bailed out of the truck & ran up the hill as fast as we could, hoping they would feed their way to us. The plan worked & just a few minutes after we topped out, they were coming right to us with Mr. high & wide leading the way. He stopped 100 yards out & I told Taiya where to hold. She shot & he dropped right there. After a few minutes we headed towards the buck. When we topped out he was lying right below us, still alive. He got up & hobbled away. He could barely walk so she set up for another shot. He stopped & she shot twice missing him. He started walking away but was really having trouble. By now she was totally jacked up, so we settled down, & set up again. By now he was 300 out. I ranged him & told her where to hold. By then she had calmed down a bit & we had her sitting down with the bi-pod down so she had a good solid rest. I whispered in her ear to relax, breathe, hold, & sqeeeeeeze.....a moment later, boom, thwack, & down for good!! Way to go Taiya....yahoo!! At that point her emotions took over & she was hootin & hollerin with joy & excitement. I LOVED being part of it all. We killed Mr. high & wide.....one of our top 2 bucks we were after?? Incidentally I scored him at 72 4/8? with one of his prongs half broke off & a 1/2-1? of his hook broke as well. Still a solid, mature buck with some ?wow? character.

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Awesome!!! There?s not to many things that are better than hunting with you daughter, boys are a close second... ?

Good job Dad
 
Did You Have To Move Him out of the Middle of the Road to take care of Him?:D

Nice Job!








I know so many people in so many places
They make allot of money but they got sad faces

It Ain't Easy being Me!:D:D:D
 
Great question elkassassin...? All of the pictures I took of her were where her buck was piled up. I wanted to drag her buck to the truck where the coolers, ice, & water were, but before I broke him down I realized I hadn't taken any pics of the both of us with her trophy. I guess we coulda drug him back to where he bit the dust for another photo op?? Sun was out, flies were chompin at the bit so I figured I better get him resting comfortably in the cooler.

Nice catch though......
 
Great buck. She will hunt for a long time before she beats that buck. Give her a big pat on the back and I think you have a confirmed hunting partner after this hunt.

RELH
 
>Great question elkassassin...? All of the
>pictures I took of her
>were where her buck was
>piled up. I wanted to
>drag her buck to the
>truck where the coolers, ice,
>& water were, but before
>I broke him down I
>realized I hadn't taken any
>pics of the both of
>us with her trophy. I
>guess we coulda drug him
>back to where he bit
>the dust for another photo
>op?? Sun was out, flies
>were chompin at the bit
>so I figured I better
>get him resting comfortably in
>the cooler.
>
>Nice catch though......


Just RAZZIN Ya!

I'd of done the Same!

Gotta Give You Guys Credit for Draggin it & Not Taking a Wheeler in to Rip stuff up!








I know so many people in so many places
They make allot of money but they got sad faces

It Ain't Easy being Me!:D:D:D
 
SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

Absolutely NOTHING beats hunting with your kids! (Or any kid, for that matter!) The best of times!!!

S.

:)
 
Congratulations to your daughter. Nothing better than hunting with family. Enjoy every second of it, life is way to short??
 
Congratulation Taiya! That's a big buck.

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