Son's first deer (warning dead deer photo)

riddleofsteel · November 9, 2004, 07:58 AM

My 11 year old son took his first deer with a muzzle loader yesterday. T/C Renegade with open sights and shooting the traditional 50 cal patched ball. The season has been kind to us thus far and the freezer is filling up fast.

Have you ever seen seen a happier boy. I was proud of him. He hit a little high and to the right and as a result he had to track him "Indian style" from blood drop to blood drop. I let him do it all except dragging it out. That just about killed me, we hunt in a VERY hilly areas.

No4Mk1 · November 9, 2004, 09:17 AM

Very happy looking boy, and justifiably proud dad!!

wyrdone · November 9, 2004, 09:36 AM

Better be quick or your cat is going to eat that deer.

czmatt · November 9, 2004, 11:46 AM

Congrats! Theres nothing like that first kill.

Avizpls · November 9, 2004, 11:56 AM

I dont hunt at all, but I am not against it. That is one VERY happy boy. Im sure he'll be anxious at the crack of dawn every season from here on out.

Any idea of how far your son tracked?

BigG · November 9, 2004, 12:00 PM

Congratulations. Your son is very proud and so is his dad, I'm sure!

FirstFreedom · November 9, 2004, 12:44 PM

Very nice - good stuff!

claude783 · November 9, 2004, 01:44 PM

Good Job: our kids grow up so fast, this will be one of the deciding moments in his life..time with his father, trust, and the first thrill of hunting..

Yep, he is one proud, happy kid...

Selfdfenz · November 10, 2004, 01:27 PM

As a parent, when you see that kind of look on your childs face it kind of answers all the questions in the universe that really matter.

Best
S-

Fred Hansen · November 10, 2004, 08:16 PM

Beautiful.

MeekAndMild · November 10, 2004, 08:37 PM

Very good! I hope you've told him the ancient custom that the hunter gets first choice of tenderloins, while the guy who helps drag out the deer gets second choice.

F350 · November 17, 2004, 06:32 PM

Outfreakinstanding ! ! !
Congrats to you and your son.
I was taliking with my kids last night at dinner, my son looks at his sister and says.."Best time of my Life?...Hunting with Dad and the Guys".
Justabout cried.
Great Job Guys ! ! !

mikescotters · November 24, 2004, 02:22 AM

I am 16 now and I was your son's age when I shot my first one also.
That is one day I will remember forever.
I have got 3 more since then, but there is really something special about your first one. Make sure he gets some more.

CJNies · November 24, 2004, 11:55 AM

Very nice and with a black powder also

I took my first deer at age eleven also, it still causes me to smile 30 plus years and who knows how many deer later.

Jseime · February 20, 2005, 05:08 PM

good show. its awesome to see new hunters out there getting their first taste of the hunt

kjm · February 25, 2005, 11:01 AM

AWESOME!!!
That day will be approaching for me in about seven more years. I can only imagine how fun it will be to hear a shot from his deerstand and go to him while he's still jittery from killing the deer. Nice thread.

T in VA · February 25, 2005, 12:22 PM

As has been said many times here. Congrats. The first kill is something we never forget.

November 9, 2004, 07:58 AM	#1
riddleofsteel Senior Member Join Date: January 18, 2000 Location: above ground Posts: 1,558	Son's first deer (warning dead deer photo) My 11 year old son took his first deer with a muzzle loader yesterday. T/C Renegade with open sights and shooting the traditional 50 cal patched ball. The season has been kind to us thus far and the freezer is filling up fast. Have you ever seen seen a happier boy. I was proud of him. He hit a little high and to the right and as a result he had to track him "Indian style" from blood drop to blood drop. I let him do it all except dragging it out. That just about killed me, we hunt in a VERY hilly areas. __________________ For him there was always the discipline of steel.

November 9, 2004, 09:17 AM	#2
No4Mk1 Senior Member Join Date: July 18, 2002 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 431	Very happy looking boy, and justifiably proud dad!! __________________ The beauty of Grace is that it makes life not fair.... http://www.guncollectorsforum.com

November 9, 2004, 11:46 AM	#4
czmatt Senior Member Join Date: September 16, 2004 Location: The Great State Of Texas Posts: 122	Congrats! Theres nothing like that first kill. __________________ A gun has never killed anyone. "I think, therefore, I carry"

November 9, 2004, 12:00 PM	#6
BigG Senior Member Join Date: May 19, 1999 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 4,334	Congratulations. Your son is very proud and so is his dad, I'm sure! __________________ o "The Earth is degenerating today. Bribery and corruption abound. Children no longer obey their parents, every man wants to write a book, and it is evident that the end of the world is fast approaching." Assyrian tablet, c. 2800 BC o "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man brave, hated, and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." Mark Twain o "They have gun control in Cuba. They have universal health care in Cuba. So why do they want to come here?" Paul Harvey o TODAY WE CARVE OUT OUR OWN OMENS! Leonidas, Thermopylae, 480 BC

November 10, 2004, 01:27 PM	#9
Selfdfenz Senior Member Join Date: December 7, 2001 Location: The Gas Tax State Posts: 949	As a parent, when you see that kind of look on your childs face it kind of answers all the questions in the universe that really matter. Best S- __________________ Selfdfenz

November 9, 2004, 09:36 AM	#3
wyrdone Senior Member Join Date: October 14, 2004 Location: Blacksburg, VA, USA Posts: 246	Better be quick or your cat is going to eat that deer.

November 9, 2004, 11:56 AM	#5
Avizpls Senior Member Join Date: November 9, 2004 Posts: 774	I dont hunt at all, but I am not against it. That is one VERY happy boy. Im sure he'll be anxious at the crack of dawn every season from here on out. Any idea of how far your son tracked?

November 9, 2004, 12:44 PM	#7
FirstFreedom Junior member Join Date: May 31, 2004 Location: The Toll Road State, U.S.A. Posts: 12,451	Very nice - good stuff!

November 9, 2004, 01:44 PM	#8
claude783 Senior Member Join Date: August 21, 2004 Location: people's republic of California Posts: 386	Good Job: our kids grow up so fast, this will be one of the deciding moments in his life..time with his father, trust, and the first thrill of hunting.. Yep, he is one proud, happy kid...

November 10, 2004, 08:16 PM	#10
Fred Hansen Senior Member Join Date: May 30, 2001 Location: The middle of WWIII Posts: 3,335	Beautiful. __________________ "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

November 10, 2004, 08:37 PM	#11
MeekAndMild Senior Member Join Date: August 2, 2001 Posts: 4,988	Very good! I hope you've told him the ancient custom that the hunter gets first choice of tenderloins, while the guy who helps drag out the deer gets second choice. __________________ In a few years when the dust finally clears and people start counting their change there is a pretty good chance that President Obama may become known as The Great Absquatulator. You heard it first here on TFL.

November 17, 2004, 06:32 PM	#12
F350 Junior Member Join Date: November 17, 2004 Location: Simi Valley, CA Posts: 12	Outfreakinstanding ! ! ! Congrats to you and your son. I was taliking with my kids last night at dinner, my son looks at his sister and says.."Best time of my Life?...Hunting with Dad and the Guys". Justabout cried. Great Job Guys ! ! !

November 24, 2004, 02:22 AM	#13
mikescotters Junior Member Join Date: November 23, 2004 Posts: 6	I am 16 now and I was your son's age when I shot my first one also. That is one day I will remember forever. I have got 3 more since then, but there is really something special about your first one. Make sure he gets some more.

November 24, 2004, 11:55 AM	#14
CJNies Member Join Date: November 17, 2004 Posts: 70	Very nice and with a black powder also I took my first deer at age eleven also, it still causes me to smile 30 plus years and who knows how many deer later.

February 20, 2005, 05:08 PM	#15
Jseime Senior Member Join Date: December 31, 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,775	right on good show. its awesome to see new hunters out there getting their first taste of the hunt

February 25, 2005, 11:01 AM	#16
kjm Senior Member Join Date: December 24, 1999 Location: College Station, Texas Posts: 1,871	AWESOME!!! That day will be approaching for me in about seven more years. I can only imagine how fun it will be to hear a shot from his deerstand and go to him while he's still jittery from killing the deer. Nice thread. __________________ COME AND TAKE IT!!!

February 25, 2005, 12:22 PM	#17
T in VA Member Join Date: November 22, 2004 Posts: 36	As has been said many times here. Congrats. The first kill is something we never forget.

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