I had the privalidge to take my oldest daughter Amanda, SHE'S ONLY 13 out deer hunting for a whole week with my regular hunting gang.She had past all her hunting and PAL tests last year.
We were hunting by Pembroke Ontario.
Opening morning we just caught a glimps of a doe jumping across the skidder trail,no time for a shot.Tuesday morning it was snowing real hard,we were sitting in a double wide tree stand with a shooting rail all the way around it,it's 12 feet high.Looking down two skidder trails.
When a deer stepped out partly into the trail my daughter raised the rifle up on to the rail and the deer took one more step.It was perfectly broadside side,80 yards out BANG the buck jumps up into the air and takes off.
We sit in the stand and tell each other that it was a nice buck,and that she had hit it.I waited about 3 minutes then walked down the trail to were the buck had been standing.I only took 3 steps and could see it lying in the snow,it had only gone 20 feet before falling dead.
I yelled for my daughter to come see her first game animal that she had ever shot(she hadn't shot anything before).
It was a real nice 8 point buck,around 200 pounds.we were both over whelmed.
She had used a Ruger model 77RL Ultra light in 250 savage,shooting a 115 grain nosler ballistic silver tip.The bullet had hit it perfectly behind the shoulder right in the boiler room.She shoots like her old man.
I think i was more excited then she was.
After getting it back to camp i found out that my dad had shot a little 4 pointer.So the youngest member 13 and the oldest member 74 had both shot a nice buck.
My father had past the tourch to me them i to my daughter.Damn it felt good.
I ended up shooting a little doe with her at my side later in the week.
We all had a great time and now my youngest daughter Kellie says that when she gets her license next year she's going to shoot a 12 pointer,I really hope so.
A father coudn't be more proud.Thats the way it's supposed to turn out.
Happy hunting to all.
Frank s.
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