Sitting in a blind remembering all this; I'm just gonna type as it comes to me. Long story short, wife shot her first buck, I shot my biggest. Skip to pics if you're in a hurry.
Opening day of general season fell a day after my daughters 1st birthday and 2 days before my wifes (Nichole's)... birthday (which birthfay is irrelevant). Nichole started hunting the year we met, about 7 seasons ago. She had no prior experience, but took to it quickly and shot a nice doe that first year. She has taken a couple of does since, all with her rifle. She has picked up bow hunting, but with a couple of babies, loss of a lease, and graciously allowing me the first opportunity in almost every situation, she has yet to see success with the stick and string.
This year, we leased a new property in Concho county. Being a two buck county I was hopeful there'd be an opportunity for her to take her first buck, and still allow me to chase something a little more elusive.
Well on opening day, we decided that I'd hunt the morning so our still nursing 1 year and a day girl could sleep in with mama. I was on stand early and saw a nice 8 point. I knew he'd be perfect for Nicholes 1st buck.
I returned to camp, and eagerly showed her the pictures. In the mean time ,my dad had shot a nice doe, and offered to stay in camp with the kids so she and I could hunt together.
We made our way to the blind, both of us cussing the warmth having dressed for the impending cold after sunset. We waited a while, but once the feeder spun we started seeing the young bucks and the does. We had a couple false alarms before we saw the buck we were after. He came in and immediately took off after a doe, but it wasn't long before he came back to give us another opportunity. Nichole didnt hesitate on the 2nd chance and placed a 168 gr. .308 hornady round right in his bouler room. We watched him go down from the blind.
Opening day of general season fell a day after my daughters 1st birthday and 2 days before my wifes (Nichole's)... birthday (which birthfay is irrelevant). Nichole started hunting the year we met, about 7 seasons ago. She had no prior experience, but took to it quickly and shot a nice doe that first year. She has taken a couple of does since, all with her rifle. She has picked up bow hunting, but with a couple of babies, loss of a lease, and graciously allowing me the first opportunity in almost every situation, she has yet to see success with the stick and string.
This year, we leased a new property in Concho county. Being a two buck county I was hopeful there'd be an opportunity for her to take her first buck, and still allow me to chase something a little more elusive.
Well on opening day, we decided that I'd hunt the morning so our still nursing 1 year and a day girl could sleep in with mama. I was on stand early and saw a nice 8 point. I knew he'd be perfect for Nicholes 1st buck.
I returned to camp, and eagerly showed her the pictures. In the mean time ,my dad had shot a nice doe, and offered to stay in camp with the kids so she and I could hunt together.
We made our way to the blind, both of us cussing the warmth having dressed for the impending cold after sunset. We waited a while, but once the feeder spun we started seeing the young bucks and the does. We had a couple false alarms before we saw the buck we were after. He came in and immediately took off after a doe, but it wasn't long before he came back to give us another opportunity. Nichole didnt hesitate on the 2nd chance and placed a 168 gr. .308 hornady round right in his bouler room. We watched him go down from the blind.
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