>On opening day of the general
>deer hunt one year, we
>were having lunch when a
>father and his son approached
>us in damper moods. According
>to the man's story, the
>man and his 14 year
>old son had split up
>earlier in the morning to
>cover both sides of a
>canyon. Not long after splitting
>up, the father heard three
>shots fired from the direction
>his son went. Excited that
>his son may have killed
>his first buck, the father
>hurried over to find his
>son standing over three different
>dead bucks. Apparently the son
>had spotted one buck standing
>in a small group of
>trees and fired - not
>knowing that the buck went
>down. After recovering from the
>muzzle jump, the boy saw,
>what he figured was the
>same buck, standing in a
>similar place in the trees
>and fired again. The same
>scenario unfolded once more. After
>the third shot, the boy
>could not spot any more
>deer standing in the trees.
>Thinking that he must have
>missed, the boy went over
>to the trees and found
>three dead bucks - two
>2x2's and one 3x3. Horrified
>at what had happened, he
>explained what had happened to
>his father and they tagged
>both of the 2x2's. With
>one deer left untagged, the
>father approached us and asked
>if we would be willing
>to tag the 3x3 -
>one member of our party
>tagged the buck and I'll
>never forget the look of
>relief that the father and
>son both had.
>
>That was nearly 20 years ago,
>and I still remember it
>vividly. It must have been
>such a horrible experience for
>that young hunter, as he
>was holding back tears the
>entire time his father was
>explaining the situation to our
>party. I bet he never
>repeated that mistake again.
Hopefully that PUNK Learned something in a Hurry!
It's not Good when You gotta start looking for someone that's willing to give a Tag Up!
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