dead nutz Report post Posted January 31, 2012 my daughter just turned 11 last week and this was her first hunt.we were lucky to have the help of one of my best friends carl young of team young gunz and scott beck. we headed out friday morning at 4:00 am to 34A from peoria, got to the hill after picking up the boys and started out hiking up and glassin. well we saw quite a few deer but no pigs we stayed to 1 and taylar was hungry so we went for some lunch at the long horn and headed back for the evening hunt. well we saw more deer and no pigs, taylar was bummed but ready for tomorrow. Saturday morning carl had recruited scott and his brother jeff and their roommate derrick to help look for pigs. well taylar was tired from all the hiking so we sent the boys up the hills and we stayed on the lower hills. within 30 minutes we got the call pigs were spotted carl came down the hill mto take us towards the pigs. it just so happened that the pigs were in the denses cactus hills ever so some slow hiking and some crying and cactus pulling we were at our spot. we set taylar up on the ar-15 with her tripod and loc jaw system and waited for the pigs to step out of the brush. they held up for 30 minutes but seemed like for ever finally one stepped out in the open at 150 yards gthen a few more right behind it carl told her to wait til they went broad sideand then shoot. well the pigs started moving fairly quick and turned behind some mesquites with a small 3 foot shooting lane between some branches as soon as the pig got in the opening she shot and the pig went down instantly it was a great shot 130 yards from a 30 cliff above the pigs. well there was a lot of high fives and hugs maybe a tear or two none of wich came from the girl. it was one of the most exciting moments of my life to see it happen. I cant tell you how proud and excited i was. well we went down to check out the pig and it was a huge boar what a trophy for a first hunt. i just want thank team young gunz and scottand jeff beck and derrick for helping make a little girlz first hunt so memorable.also anyone with younger hunters cant say enough about the loc jaw system it works great Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coach Report post Posted January 31, 2012 Outstanding! Wowser, nothing gets my blood pumping faster than seeing those youth hunters taking their first big game, and Javelina are the perfect first AZ big game accomplishments. What a huge boar - and I love the AR set-up. My youngest will be on his first hunt in a couple of weeks and I'm probably going to have him using a very similar AR (Mine's a Rock River with a 1" bull barrel and RRA 2-stage trigger). Very cool setup for kids because there is so little recoil. Mine's a little heavy though, he'll have to shoot off a bipod or tripod to be effective. Great job to the little huntress - give her some high fives and knuckle pounding for us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John O Report post Posted January 31, 2012 That is AWESOME!! Way to go, and a big congrats to your daughter. Great memories for sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stanley Report post Posted January 31, 2012 AWESOME!!! Good for Taylor! There is absolutely nothing like hunting with your children!! Thanks for sharing with the site. S. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pine Donkey Report post Posted January 31, 2012 Great story. I love to see kids get into hunting, then see such a genuine smile of joy in the trophy photos. Congratulations to all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azslim Report post Posted January 31, 2012 nothing beats hunting with kids, tell her good job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cramerhunts Report post Posted January 31, 2012 Congratulations to all involved, just doesn't get any better than that first big game animal! Way to get her out in the woods, some awesome memories made right there. Great pics, the smile on her face and yours says it all! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YOUNGGUNZ Report post Posted January 31, 2012 Hands down the best Javelina hunt. I couldn't be more proud of Taylar and how she handled it better than you and I did. You weren't supposed to say anything about us crying dude . Love you guys, can't wait till the youth deer hunt now. Carl Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjhunt2 Report post Posted January 31, 2012 Congratulations to Taylor and yourself. Can't get enough of these youth hunts. The picture of you two is priceless to say the least. Looks like ya had a good team . Good job to everyone. TJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lucky2hunt Report post Posted January 31, 2012 Wow! Congratulations to Taylar! Way to go Girl!!! Can tell Dad is certainly proud, I don't blame him, that's pretty awesome! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tommat Report post Posted January 31, 2012 Good job! That is a big pig! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chef Report post Posted February 1, 2012 AWESOME!!!! Way to go and congratulations to you all! I can only imagine the elation felt right after the shot. I've been there and it's the BEST, wouldn't trade it for anything. Taylar...welcome to the club! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C.O.U.E.S. Report post Posted February 1, 2012 ...BIG CONGRAT'S TAYLOR...! Thank's for sharing... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted February 1, 2012 That is just awesome right there. The smile on her face says it all. Congrats to all of you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TOBY Report post Posted February 1, 2012 Congrats to your girl! My girl also took her second pig last week also. Aint nothing better than watching your kids put the smackdown on big game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
