Huge Whitetail!!! Native tracker finds deer!

H&H,hunter · December 11, 2002, 04:19 PM

Just got back from Texas with my six year old. She got to help hunt two deer and a hog.

On the second morning we shot this nice little buck which ran into a mesquite thicket. I lost the trail initially!!. my daughter found the first blood sign and followed it for about 150yards were she found the buck dead.

She thinks it may be the biggest deer she's ever found!

(this was her first time out on a successful hunt)

kdubya · December 11, 2002, 05:13 PM

Sure could have used her, instead of my guide, this past hunt in New Mexico. We had to go back the next morning at my insistance to find the deer he had walked by the night before.

H&H,hunter · December 11, 2002, 08:36 PM

Kdubya,
If she keeps up like this she'll be my permanent tracker and we'll have to change her name to silent or some such trackerism.

Where did you hunt in NM this year??

kdubya · December 11, 2002, 09:50 PM

A little SW of Reserve - almost on the NM/Ariz state line.

Fred Hansen · December 12, 2002, 12:51 AM

Extremely

!

I usually tell people to ship their kids off to Military School.

Looks like your kid is worth keeping close at hand.

Freedom in theSkies · December 12, 2002, 01:24 AM

What is it with the kids finding the downed animals? My son did the same... Looks like there could be a great future in our hunting adventures... With the kids of course!
Nice buck!

DadOfThree · December 12, 2002, 04:12 AM

Freedom,

Quote:

What is it with the kids finding the downed animals?

It may have something to do with the their eyes being lower than adults. Did you ever notice how much room there is under the brush if you squat? Tough for adults to stay squating all of the time, not a problem for the kids.

H & H,
Very cool experience for your daughter. Good for you.

H&H,hunter · December 12, 2002, 02:42 PM

Kdubya,
One of my outfitters is in Luna that is some awesome country for elk and bear as well. We haven't done to well with deer down there and don't offer any hunts for them. Though I know thre are some great areas down there for Mulies.

Freedom,
Maybe kids find downed animals because a they have great eye sight and color vision at least my girl does. She can spot blood like an eagle spots a mouse. And I think also she was really tuned up and paying attention and had no preconcieved notions about where a deer should be so she was really looking were as I just took off in the direction where I thought he was going to be.???

I don't know but god bless the children and the people who bring up the right way!!!!

orsogato · December 13, 2002, 12:47 PM

nice buck!! Way to golittle girl.

You should think about a blaze orange vest though for safety's sake.

Orso out

Dr.Rob · December 13, 2002, 07:05 PM

Yep she needs a Kit Carson scout medal or something.

Nifty indian/bushman nickname might be good too.

Nice deer.

H&H,hunter · December 13, 2002, 09:51 PM

Orosogato,
Good point about the orange. I was hunting on a friends private ranch in Texas. Behind a locked gate we were the only hunters on the place. But you can never be to carefull..

December 11, 2002, 05:13 PM	#2
kdubya Member Join Date: September 24, 2002 Location: Mesa, Arizona Posts: 62	Sure could have used her, instead of my guide, this past hunt in New Mexico. We had to go back the next morning at my insistance to find the deer he had walked by the night before. __________________ Keep off the Ridgeline

December 11, 2002, 08:36 PM	#3
H&H,hunter Senior Member Join Date: July 25, 2001 Location: Colorado Posts: 504	Kdubya, If she keeps up like this she'll be my permanent tracker and we'll have to change her name to silent or some such trackerism. Where did you hunt in NM this year?? __________________ Velocity is thrilling, But diameter does the real killing.

December 11, 2002, 09:50 PM	#4
kdubya Member Join Date: September 24, 2002 Location: Mesa, Arizona Posts: 62	A little SW of Reserve - almost on the NM/Ariz state line. __________________ Keep off the Ridgeline

December 12, 2002, 12:51 AM	#5
Fred Hansen Senior Member Join Date: May 30, 2001 Location: The middle of WWIII Posts: 3,335	Extremely ! I usually tell people to ship their kids off to Military School. Looks like your kid is worth keeping close at hand. __________________ "This started out as a documentary on gun violence in America, but the largest mass murder in our history was just committed -- without the use of a single gun! Not a single bullet fired! No bomb was set off, no missile was fired, no weapon (i.e., a device that was solely and specifically manufactured to kill humans) was used. A boxcutter! -- I can't stop thinking about this. A thousand gun control laws would not have prevented this massacre. What am I doing?" Michael Moore

December 12, 2002, 01:24 AM	#6
Freedom in theSkies Senior Member Join Date: October 7, 2001 Location: The "Nice Dictatorship" of Canada Posts: 250	What is it with the kids finding the downed animals? My son did the same... Looks like there could be a great future in our hunting adventures... With the kids of course! Nice buck! __________________ Live in peace... But defend it...Embrace it... But never take it for granted...

December 12, 2002, 02:42 PM	#8
H&H,hunter Senior Member Join Date: July 25, 2001 Location: Colorado Posts: 504	Kdubya, One of my outfitters is in Luna that is some awesome country for elk and bear as well. We haven't done to well with deer down there and don't offer any hunts for them. Though I know thre are some great areas down there for Mulies. Freedom, Maybe kids find downed animals because a they have great eye sight and color vision at least my girl does. She can spot blood like an eagle spots a mouse. And I think also she was really tuned up and paying attention and had no preconcieved notions about where a deer should be so she was really looking were as I just took off in the direction where I thought he was going to be.??? I don't know but god bless the children and the people who bring up the right way!!!! __________________ Velocity is thrilling, But diameter does the real killing.

December 13, 2002, 12:47 PM	#9
orsogato Senior Member Join Date: July 20, 1999 Location: Steeler Country Posts: 628	nice buck!! Way to golittle girl. You should think about a blaze orange vest though for safety's sake. Orso out

December 13, 2002, 07:05 PM	#10
Dr.Rob Staff Alumnus Join Date: July 28, 1999 Location: Denver Posts: 2,454	Yep she needs a Kit Carson scout medal or something. Nifty indian/bushman nickname might be good too. Nice deer. __________________ You broke into the wrong Rec Room!

December 13, 2002, 09:51 PM	#11
H&H,hunter Senior Member Join Date: July 25, 2001 Location: Colorado Posts: 504	Orosogato, Good point about the orange. I was hunting on a friends private ranch in Texas. Behind a locked gate we were the only hunters on the place. But you can never be to carefull.. __________________ Velocity is thrilling, But diameter does the real killing.