BIG BUCK IN OHIO WITH PIC
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:53 pm
Last year my oldest son (14) decided he wanted to go out for the youth gun season here in Ohio and I was definatley ok with that. So early Saturday morning we got up and got ready for the morning hunt, we grabbed a snack as we walked out the door.
It was a crisp morning and I figured it would be a great morning. Daylight broke and we were set up on the ground by one of my ladder stands which has already had 3 deer taken from that spot. At around 8 o'clock my son said to me "man I'm getting hungry" and I looked at him and said "you ain't eating until you shoot a deer" and he had a look on his face like aw man I'm gonna starve. It wasn't 10 minutes later I was tapping him on his leg and saying "big buck big buck" and he thought I was messing around until I pointed and his jaw dropped!
The buck was walking towards us and turned broadside at 35 yards and my boy let him have a taste of a 20 gauge slug. He walked a few yards and stopped again and I said "shoot him again" KAPOW 
he slowly walked out of sight. We gathered our thoughts and gave him a few minutes. We got up and walked towards where we last saw him and I glanced up the hill and all I seen was antlers! 
He was down about 10 yards from where we last saw him. My good friend was in another treestand and watched the whole thing through his binos. I replay this everyday in my mind and I am so glad we shared that together. I will never forget that morning!! PRICELESS I hope we have another great season this year! That's me holding his gun
It was a crisp morning and I figured it would be a great morning. Daylight broke and we were set up on the ground by one of my ladder stands which has already had 3 deer taken from that spot. At around 8 o'clock my son said to me "man I'm getting hungry" and I looked at him and said "you ain't eating until you shoot a deer" and he had a look on his face like aw man I'm gonna starve. It wasn't 10 minutes later I was tapping him on his leg and saying "big buck big buck" and he thought I was messing around until I pointed and his jaw dropped!
The buck was walking towards us and turned broadside at 35 yards and my boy let him have a taste of a 20 gauge slug. He walked a few yards and stopped again and I said "shoot him again" KAPOW he slowly walked out of sight. We gathered our thoughts and gave him a few minutes. We got up and walked towards where we last saw him and I glanced up the hill and all I seen was antlers! He was down about 10 yards from where we last saw him. My good friend was in another treestand and watched the whole thing through his binos. I replay this everyday in my mind and I am so glad we shared that together. I will never forget that morning!! PRICELESS I hope we have another great season this year! That's me holding his gun