You guys aren't going to believe this!

jrsower · October 17, 2002, 11:18 PM

This is a picture of my wife's first deer ever. She'd been wanting a Ruger Super Blackhawk Hunter for years. I finally found one late last year and got it for her for Christmas. Found a decent scope for it and sighted it in for her about a month ago.

Now my wife's been hunting for about 4 years with me, but maybe only went 5 or 6 times each year. She likes it a lot, but time and kids have made it difficult for her to get out as often as I do. She's never killed a deer in her life before last Monday.

Found a babysitter and took her out. Set her up in a stand that I had seen several does out of during bow season this year. I've been saving the spot since gun season started for just this occassion. I was certain she would shoot a doe since I'd seen so many of them within shooting distance. (Never a buck, only does...)

I set up in a tree not 20 yards from her, just to hang out, enjoying myself. My wife and I both know sign language and we were close enough that we could sign back and forth when we felt like it, that's how close we were.

We'd been sitting there for about an hour when I look over and see her pulling the hammer back on her pistol. I'm getting a little panicky because I'd told her to practice holding the pistol up and finding the sight picture through the scope in case she saw something. (She'd never shot her pistol before either...I didn't want her to fear the recoil so I sighted it in, etc.)

Anyhow, I'm thinking, "What the heck are you doing?! Don't pull the hammer back to practice!!!) Right about then, she pulls the trigger. BAAMM!!! I lean way out around my tree and see this big ole deer flopping around on the ground not 15 yards in front of her!

He'd walked right up on her without making a sound. She had been watching to the left where her idiot husband had told her the deer would come from and he sneaked up from directly in front of her. She turned around and said he was just standing there looking at her. Watched her while she leveled the gun, pulled the hammer back and fired. Never moved an inch. Probably trying to figure out what the heck she was the entire time.

Gentlemen, I have been humbled in a big way. My wife's first deer ever, taken with a pistol. She'd just bought her license that afternoon at walmart for crying out loud!

I'm awfully darn proud of her! Makes the doe I killed earlier this year look pretty pathetic though.

The taxidermist said she could live to be 90 and never accomplish a feat like she did that day.

Thanks for listening to me boast a little bit.

jrsower · October 17, 2002, 11:20 PM

9 pointer. 170 pounds.

kdubya · October 17, 2002, 11:28 PM

Nice buck, Jrsower -

Be sure to congratulate her for me - that would be a good buck for us ol' "seasoned" hunters to come up with! You gotta be so proud, your button are poppin!

yorec · October 18, 2002, 12:30 AM

Yep - nice buck.

I hunted this year with a handgun for a while. Tough stuff - she should be proud! Now if she does it again next year....

Fred Hansen · October 18, 2002, 12:34 AM

Way

!

Al Thompson · October 18, 2002, 07:14 AM

Sisco · October 18, 2002, 07:57 AM

Excellent!

Ron L · October 18, 2002, 09:21 AM

CONGRATS all the way around!

Art Eatman · October 18, 2002, 09:47 AM

You better be real nice to her! And hope some of that skill, luck and good looks will rub off.

Art

No4Mk1 · October 18, 2002, 09:52 AM

Looks like a keeper!

(The wife that is...

)

Legionnaire · October 18, 2002, 10:46 AM

Congrats to you both. Great story, and pic. Thanks for posting!

Shodan · October 18, 2002, 12:41 PM

There's no way she could have shot that deer.

She didn't:
Fire 1000 rounds per week.
Experiment with every possible load.
Dry fire 1 million times every night.
Choose a gun that "she could handle".
etc., etc., etc.

Congratulations, I was proud of my wife when she got her first deer.

Shodan

Don45cal · October 18, 2002, 03:05 PM

Congrats! I wish I could get my wife in the Great Oudoors!

Her idea of a day outside is the mall! LOL

Did your wife help you gut too?

jrsower · October 18, 2002, 03:13 PM

I asked her if she wanted me to help her gut it out and she said she figured she'd try to do it herself first. All I did was tell her where and what to cut. She did it all herself. Blood and guts up to her elbows. Dang, I love that woman!

H&H,hunter · October 18, 2002, 07:38 PM

Warmest congratulations!!!!!!!

Excellent deer, even better memories.

This is what it's all about!!

Dave R · October 18, 2002, 10:42 PM

What a great tale! That one will be in the family lore for a few generation, I'll bet. Tell your wife "well done!"

Guyon · October 19, 2002, 07:31 PM

Nice deer. Good story. Great wife.

jrsower · November 15, 2002, 04:06 PM

bronco61 · November 15, 2002, 04:14 PM

She rocks!

Will Beararms · November 15, 2002, 04:21 PM

She's hooked and you will be babysitting alot more now.

Good un!

J Scott · November 15, 2002, 07:32 PM

Thanks for sharing. Great story. Heck, great wife!

J Scott

Peetmoss · November 16, 2002, 10:00 PM

Your wife got an exclent deer. I have a question though does she have a sister?

twoblink · November 18, 2002, 11:28 PM

That's just envy material right there (The wife, not the deer).

Any woman that will go hunting (with a handgun no less!!) is on the plus column in my books.

October 17, 2002, 11:20 PM	#2
jrsower Senior Member Join Date: June 5, 2002 Posts: 159	Almost forgot... 9 pointer. 170 pounds. __________________ OMG! There's something touching my face!

October 17, 2002, 11:28 PM	#3
kdubya Member Join Date: September 24, 2002 Location: Mesa, Arizona Posts: 62	Nice buck, Jrsower - Be sure to congratulate her for me - that would be a good buck for us ol' "seasoned" hunters to come up with! You gotta be so proud, your button are poppin! __________________ Keep off the Ridgeline

October 18, 2002, 12:30 AM	#4
yorec Senior Member Join Date: February 2, 2000 Location: Wyoming Posts: 2,328	Yep - nice buck. I hunted this year with a handgun for a while. Tough stuff - she should be proud! Now if she does it again next year.... __________________ What part of "... shall not be infringed..." don't you understand?

October 18, 2002, 12:34 AM	#5
Fred Hansen Senior Member Join Date: May 30, 2001 Location: The middle of WWIII Posts: 3,335	Way ! __________________ "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

October 18, 2002, 07:14 AM	#6
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October 18, 2002, 07:57 AM	#7
Sisco Senior Member Join Date: March 25, 1999 Location: KS Posts: 1,558	Excellent! __________________ "I don't mind it when stupid people say stupid things. Stupid people should be encouraged to say stupid things, that way we always know who the stupid people are." ~ Ted Nugent http://www.awbansunset.com/awcountdown_sm.gif

October 18, 2002, 09:21 AM	#8
Ron L Senior Member Join Date: March 16, 1999 Location: Livonia, MI USA Posts: 386	CONGRATS all the way around! __________________ Ron Detroit Area Chapter Terre-Haute Torque & Recoil Society "If it rolls, floats, or shoots, runs on gunpowder or gasoline, goes fast, shoots a big bullet, or makes lots of noise thus producing torque and recoil - it's cool."

October 18, 2002, 09:47 AM	#9
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	You better be real nice to her! And hope some of that skill, luck and good looks will rub off. Art

October 18, 2002, 09:52 AM	#10
No4Mk1 Senior Member Join Date: July 18, 2002 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 431	Looks like a keeper! (The wife that is... ) __________________ The beauty of Grace is that it makes life not fair.... http://www.guncollectorsforum.com

October 18, 2002, 10:46 AM	#11
Legionnaire Senior Member Join Date: July 25, 2000 Location: Central TX Posts: 1,503	Congrats to you both. Great story, and pic. Thanks for posting! __________________ Cogito, ergo armatus sum.

October 18, 2002, 12:41 PM	#12
Shodan Member Join Date: June 15, 2002 Posts: 38	Impossible! There's no way she could have shot that deer. She didn't: Fire 1000 rounds per week. Experiment with every possible load. Dry fire 1 million times every night. Choose a gun that "she could handle". etc., etc., etc. Congratulations, I was proud of my wife when she got her first deer. Shodan

October 18, 2002, 03:05 PM	#13
Don45cal Senior Member Join Date: May 18, 2002 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 103	Congrats! I wish I could get my wife in the Great Oudoors! Her idea of a day outside is the mall! LOL Did your wife help you gut too? __________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NRA, Endowment Life Be Safe & Shoot Straight

October 18, 2002, 03:13 PM	#14
jrsower Senior Member Join Date: June 5, 2002 Posts: 159	Don45cal: I asked her if she wanted me to help her gut it out and she said she figured she'd try to do it herself first. All I did was tell her where and what to cut. She did it all herself. Blood and guts up to her elbows. Dang, I love that woman! __________________ OMG! There's something touching my face! Last edited by jrsower; October 20, 2002 at 07:28 AM.

October 18, 2002, 07:38 PM	#15
H&H,hunter Senior Member Join Date: July 25, 2001 Location: Colorado Posts: 504	Warmest congratulations!!!!!!! Excellent deer, even better memories. This is what it's all about!! __________________ Velocity is thrilling, But diameter does the real killing.

October 18, 2002, 10:42 PM	#16
Dave R Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2000 Location: Idaho Posts: 6,073	What a great tale! That one will be in the family lore for a few generation, I'll bet. Tell your wife "well done!" __________________ I am Pro-Rights (on gun issues).

October 19, 2002, 07:31 PM	#17
Guyon Senior Member Join Date: July 27, 2000 Location: Over the Hills and Through the Woods, Tennessee Posts: 1,207	Nice deer. Good story. Great wife. __________________ Gun control should just be about hitting your target.

November 15, 2002, 04:06 PM	#18
jrsower Senior Member Join Date: June 5, 2002 Posts: 159	btt __________________ OMG! There's something touching my face!

November 15, 2002, 04:14 PM	#19
bronco61 Senior Member Join Date: April 9, 1999 Location: Alaska Posts: 518	She rocks!

November 15, 2002, 04:21 PM	#20
Will Beararms Senior Member Join Date: October 12, 1999 Location: North Texas Posts: 2,834	She's hooked and you will be babysitting alot more now. Good un! __________________ "Without a rifle you are nothing, worthless, you are waiting for death, any minute, any second." -- Aron Bielski

November 15, 2002, 07:32 PM	#21
J Scott Member Join Date: April 20, 2001 Location: Tennessee Posts: 63	Thanks for sharing. Great story. Heck, great wife! J Scott

November 16, 2002, 10:00 PM	#22
Peetmoss Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 2002 Location: CNY Posts: 144	Congrats Your wife got an exclent deer. I have a question though does she have a sister? __________________ [email protected] Who's got a Mop

November 18, 2002, 11:28 PM	#23
twoblink Senior Member Join Date: December 22, 1999 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Posts: 2,025	That's just envy material right there (The wife, not the deer). Any woman that will go hunting (with a handgun no less!!) is on the plus column in my books. __________________ "An unarmed society is one that's ripe for tyranny and oppression."

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