tommat Report post Posted October 9, 2011 Great hunt with an exciting finish! Opening morning found us glassing just as the sun came up. A hand full of doe were spotted but no bucks. His tag was any antlered and we were in an area that holds occasional mulies so we were on the lookout for either. My son is 10 and I wanted above all for this hunt to be a fun one. I for sure didn't want to drag him up into the canyons I favor so we planned on riding the quads to good glassing spots, and then some short hikes to other glassing spots. At one of these stops one of my buddies spotted a WT spike about 130 yds off but my son was unable to locate him with his eyes and he fed over the canyon top. My son was very dissapointed he didn't get to see it, let alone get the gun on it. He seemed to double his efforts from then on. He was glassing with Leupold Yosemite 8 X 30. Great glass for youth, very light, with a great view for under $100. I had him steady them with a mono pod. At another stop we glassed up a herd of Javelina and shortly after two deer hanging with them. My buddys with their swarovskis quickly ID'd them as bucks, spikes still in velvet. Clay, my son stayed very calm and after a min was able to locate them and select a target. The grass was tall and I helped him get the gun on a shooting stick. The range was just over 200 yards. The first shot was just off. They ran up hill into thick cover. After a bit we were able to locate them again and Clay had a very narrow window in that cover, of the larger of the spikes. The new range was 235 yds. I told him to hold his Rem 770 .243 dead on the sweet spot. Boom. The deer went down hard but we couldn't get a look at it so we waited 15 min and moved up to check it out. He was down. Smiles all around. I hope to enter the pic in the contest, and measured the spikes as 4 1/2" x 3 1/4". As you can see the deer was still in velvet. My thanks go out to my friends Darin and Chris for their help. Venison chops at our house very soon! Next season Clay says he will hold out for a deer with "some points". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
luvdemcoues Report post Posted October 9, 2011 Very cool! Congrats Clay on your first deer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHALE Report post Posted October 9, 2011 Congrats to you and your son on his first deer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZBUCKEYE Report post Posted October 10, 2011 GREATEST OF TIMES I SURE MISS THE JUNIOR HUNTS. CONGRATS YOU WILL HAVE GREAT MEMORIES FOR YEARS TO COME. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
270wsm Report post Posted October 10, 2011 Congrats on an awesome hunt. And nice shooting youngster! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lucky2hunt Report post Posted October 10, 2011 Congrats Clay on your buck! Way to stay cool and get that second shot! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redline410 Report post Posted October 10, 2011 nice job Clay, way to stay on it kid...... Youth hunts are the best- congrats to everyone.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cflores Report post Posted October 10, 2011 Great job Clay !!! Thats why we practice. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stanley Report post Posted October 10, 2011 Congrats to Clay!!! Was nice meeting you around the fire on Saturday night, Tom. Carlos had shown me the pic on his phone, and these additional pics are awesome! Nothing like a Junior hunt! S. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted October 10, 2011 Great job Clay on your first deer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bowhntrsx7 Report post Posted October 10, 2011 Way to go sounds like you had a great hunt. Congrats on a great buck... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Santana Outdoors Report post Posted October 10, 2011 congratulations Clay, thats awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rclouse79 Report post Posted October 10, 2011 Cool! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azcouesfanatic Report post Posted October 11, 2011 Way to go. That is just like my first buck. Brian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WadeNAZ Report post Posted October 11, 2011 Congrats on your first buck! Thanks for sharing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
