In 2005, I was on top of the world after seeing the sonogram of our first child. They said they could see balls. What I saw was a kid that was going to be a natural. I immediately posted it up here on TBH. Those who have been around here for a while have literally watched Nathan grow up.
The next 13 years have seemed like a blur. In that time, we have spent hundreds and hundreds of hours together in deer blinds, dove fields, stock tanks, bays, off shore, and the principal’s office. He’s caught 40+ inch redfish, killed multiple limits of doves starting at 8, shot 23 deer with a rifle (several dandies), a nubbin’ with is bow last year, and now a bow buck.
It may be hard to believe, but I never once pushed him towards the bow. I had enjoyed trading my bow for our years in heated box blinds with captain chairs! However, he’s been around so many hardcore bow hunting knuckleheads (you know who you are) his whole life, that he’s eaten up with it.
Last year was tough on him with his bow. He lost a few we wish we could have back.
We’re blessed to have room to hunt at our house and as the season started, that’s all he wants to do – weekends and after school. With everything else going on, there’s no way I can sit in a blind every day. I told him he could hunt on his own as long as he filmed it and got the shot on video. Over the last month I’ve had to hear how hard it is to work a camera alone and get drawn on a deer. “Cry me a river, Little Man. I’ve been doing it for 20 years.”
Last Thursday while he should have been helping me get packed up for the weekend lease trip, he went to the blind and it all came together for him with a young buck. I have a still pic from the video below. He ended up spining him, which we know makes for a less than steller video. On top of that, I no longer have the knowledge to edit videos like I used to with a hi-8 camera and firewire card.
I'm proud of this young man!
The next 13 years have seemed like a blur. In that time, we have spent hundreds and hundreds of hours together in deer blinds, dove fields, stock tanks, bays, off shore, and the principal’s office. He’s caught 40+ inch redfish, killed multiple limits of doves starting at 8, shot 23 deer with a rifle (several dandies), a nubbin’ with is bow last year, and now a bow buck.
It may be hard to believe, but I never once pushed him towards the bow. I had enjoyed trading my bow for our years in heated box blinds with captain chairs! However, he’s been around so many hardcore bow hunting knuckleheads (you know who you are) his whole life, that he’s eaten up with it.
Last year was tough on him with his bow. He lost a few we wish we could have back.
We’re blessed to have room to hunt at our house and as the season started, that’s all he wants to do – weekends and after school. With everything else going on, there’s no way I can sit in a blind every day. I told him he could hunt on his own as long as he filmed it and got the shot on video. Over the last month I’ve had to hear how hard it is to work a camera alone and get drawn on a deer. “Cry me a river, Little Man. I’ve been doing it for 20 years.”
Last Thursday while he should have been helping me get packed up for the weekend lease trip, he went to the blind and it all came together for him with a young buck. I have a still pic from the video below. He ended up spining him, which we know makes for a less than steller video. On top of that, I no longer have the knowledge to edit videos like I used to with a hi-8 camera and firewire card.
I'm proud of this young man!
well done on raising a young man with drive
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