Years ago, I took both my BILs hunting on my granddads lease. Neither of them had ever shot a deer. Friday evening I get my 1st BIL on a bunch of does. He’s calm, he’s cool, he shoots the biggest and oldest doe...cuz it’s January and it’s doe only season. Saturday evening I take the other BIL to sit in the same mesquite bush that backs up to a winter wheat field. On this evening, there’s doe and bucks everywhere. I picked out a nice doe about 50 yards away, he argues with me that he sees better. I said nope, you shoot that one. He’s not happy about the deer I chose and shoots a nice spike. Well, it really wasn’t a spike, it was about a 3.5 year old buck...maybe 120-130?
I was upset. Have no clue why the idiot shot the buck, he knew it was doe season...it had been discussed on the 4 hour ride to the lease. I walked up to the deer, shook my head and started walking back to the trailer. He asked what about the deer? I said leave it, let’s go.
In retrospect, I should have called it in to the warden. I just didn’t want to have to deal with the wife’s family for the rest of my life. I still feel bad, should have handled it differently.
Fast forward 17 years later. That BIL has still not hunted my property...and never will.
I was upset. Have no clue why the idiot shot the buck, he knew it was doe season...it had been discussed on the 4 hour ride to the lease. I walked up to the deer, shook my head and started walking back to the trailer. He asked what about the deer? I said leave it, let’s go.
In retrospect, I should have called it in to the warden. I just didn’t want to have to deal with the wife’s family for the rest of my life. I still feel bad, should have handled it differently.
Fast forward 17 years later. That BIL has still not hunted my property...and never will.
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