This morning, my 11 year old son, Cody, and I decided to hunt an area we saw a 4 point yesterday evening. We hunted a deactivated road through a nice cable block and then still-hunted some beautiful fir ridges. After about an hour of hiking, we ran into this 4x3. Cody made a great shot with his late maternal grandfather's 30-30 and took out shoulders and lungs. We've had an amazing season, this spring he killed his first bear, a 6'4" monster, then in Sept he killed his first deer, a whitetail doe. For muleys, he's passed on many little bucks as we pursued the big boys. Had a few encounters with some monsters with some intense stalks, but they were able to slip away. With the any buck season nearing to an end, Cody decided 'any buck' would now do. I deboned the buck and backpacked him the km and half or so back to the truck. Needless to say I am one proud dad. If I don't get a buck myself, this will still be my best hunting season ever. Next week, Cody's muley doe draw starts, so hopefully he'll get his 3rd deer of the year come next weekend.
