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Jebediah
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Maybe I'm weird, but I often like to relive the day I harvested my first deer. It was definitely something I will never forget as I was able to share it with my dad and uncle. So let's hear all of your first deer stories and see some pictures! Here's mine..
It was the last day of the hunt and we had been out a few times the week before but couldn't ever find any deer, so we didn't quite know where to go hunt. After a while of talking it over we just decided to take the horses up the canyon above my house. So we saddled them up and took off. Not such a good idea. haha none of us had ever been all the way up this canyon and we got a ways up it and hit some cliffs. Some really big cliffs. And all three of us are absolutely terrified of heights. The trail was wide enough that it wasn't much of an issue, but when your sitting on a horse even when your right up against the opposite wall you can still see right off the edge if you look down! So we got off and walked haha anyways when we finally made it up to the top where things opened up we were immediately into deer. My dad and I jumped off our horses and my uncle led them up around and pushed through the trees the deer had gone into. It wasn't too long when way out across the field I saw a string of deer bounding away. I pulled up my rifle but they were too far and I couldn't put a horn on anything so I just watched as they ran away. My uncle met up with us again and we tied up the horses and walked down into a big long meadow that looked fairly promising. We sat up in the top and watched for a while and then heard some loud crashing behind us. We turned around and 4 cow elk and spike were movin about 100 yards behind us! We watched as they slowly worked up into the trees not knowing we were there. So we continued watching down the meadow and soon fell asleep! haha I woke up at about 10:00 and looked down the meadow and saw a deer standin there so I said "dad theres a deer!" He woke up and started glassing him. The deer was 301 yards and we couldn't tell for sure what he was because he had his ears up. But he soon pinned them back and we could see he was a 2 point! Aaannnd then the adrenaline kicked in! 301 yards, broadside, standing still. I cracked one off and the deer took off and I heard my uncle say "high." So I got back on him and took another shot right as he was about to go into the trees and the deer disapeared. I thought for sure I had missed again and the deer was gone forever. But thats when my dad said "holy sh** Jeb, nice shot!!" I didn't believe him. haha I thought he was just razzin me but he was sure I dropped him! So we packed up and walked down there and sure enough, there he was piled up on his back with his antlers stuck in the mud. I gave him a poke in the but and he didn't move so I figured he was dead. I picked up his head and the dang thing started to kick me! Scared the hell outta me! haha One more quick shot and he was gone. It was an awesome experience! It got me hooked on hunting for life! I don't have any pictures on this computer but I will try to dig some up somewhere for you guys!
Now let's hear about yours!!
It was the last day of the hunt and we had been out a few times the week before but couldn't ever find any deer, so we didn't quite know where to go hunt. After a while of talking it over we just decided to take the horses up the canyon above my house. So we saddled them up and took off. Not such a good idea. haha none of us had ever been all the way up this canyon and we got a ways up it and hit some cliffs. Some really big cliffs. And all three of us are absolutely terrified of heights. The trail was wide enough that it wasn't much of an issue, but when your sitting on a horse even when your right up against the opposite wall you can still see right off the edge if you look down! So we got off and walked haha anyways when we finally made it up to the top where things opened up we were immediately into deer. My dad and I jumped off our horses and my uncle led them up around and pushed through the trees the deer had gone into. It wasn't too long when way out across the field I saw a string of deer bounding away. I pulled up my rifle but they were too far and I couldn't put a horn on anything so I just watched as they ran away. My uncle met up with us again and we tied up the horses and walked down into a big long meadow that looked fairly promising. We sat up in the top and watched for a while and then heard some loud crashing behind us. We turned around and 4 cow elk and spike were movin about 100 yards behind us! We watched as they slowly worked up into the trees not knowing we were there. So we continued watching down the meadow and soon fell asleep! haha I woke up at about 10:00 and looked down the meadow and saw a deer standin there so I said "dad theres a deer!" He woke up and started glassing him. The deer was 301 yards and we couldn't tell for sure what he was because he had his ears up. But he soon pinned them back and we could see he was a 2 point! Aaannnd then the adrenaline kicked in! 301 yards, broadside, standing still. I cracked one off and the deer took off and I heard my uncle say "high." So I got back on him and took another shot right as he was about to go into the trees and the deer disapeared. I thought for sure I had missed again and the deer was gone forever. But thats when my dad said "holy sh** Jeb, nice shot!!" I didn't believe him. haha I thought he was just razzin me but he was sure I dropped him! So we packed up and walked down there and sure enough, there he was piled up on his back with his antlers stuck in the mud. I gave him a poke in the but and he didn't move so I figured he was dead. I picked up his head and the dang thing started to kick me! Scared the hell outta me! haha One more quick shot and he was gone. It was an awesome experience! It got me hooked on hunting for life! I don't have any pictures on this computer but I will try to dig some up somewhere for you guys!
Now let's hear about yours!!