nbogan
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Had a proud dad moment in the woods. My oldest son has never shown much interest in hunting. He has been shooting with me for several years and is a pretty good shot but never wanted to go hunting. This year he surprised me by asking if he could go deer hunting with me this season. Of course I agreed and gathered up his shooting supplies to get him ready to hit the woods. When we were clean and loading his rifle I noticed i had to drop the hammer about 3 times to get the cap to pop. The rifle is my grandpa's oldest gun and I thin he changed the nipple out to a #10 so the #11 caps don't go all the way on. Since I noticed this I told my son that if the gun didn't fire in the woods he would have to keep the gun up and just try and pull the hammer back and try again until it fired.
We went out and found a good spot on the ground behind some brush next to a couple of trees. After a while we saw a small buck working down the hill towards us and I pointed it out to him. I had him stand up and get ready and if it gave him a shot to take it. Just as the buck got close enough to shot we noticed a bigger one coming through the brush to our right. I pointed him out to my son and had him wait a bit to see if the bigger one would get close enough. The bigger one more off through some thick brush and the little guy stepped out in the open. My son settled in to shoot and sure enough it just snapped the first time. He did great though and kept the gun up and snapped it 2 more times before it fired on the 4 try. He made a perfect heart shot and the buck didn't go 25 yards and dropped dead. I couldn't be prouder. Hopefully he is hooked for life.
The doe is mine i got a few days later. Glad to have 2 in the freezer since i didn't get any last year. Thanks for reading.
We went out and found a good spot on the ground behind some brush next to a couple of trees. After a while we saw a small buck working down the hill towards us and I pointed it out to him. I had him stand up and get ready and if it gave him a shot to take it. Just as the buck got close enough to shot we noticed a bigger one coming through the brush to our right. I pointed him out to my son and had him wait a bit to see if the bigger one would get close enough. The bigger one more off through some thick brush and the little guy stepped out in the open. My son settled in to shoot and sure enough it just snapped the first time. He did great though and kept the gun up and snapped it 2 more times before it fired on the 4 try. He made a perfect heart shot and the buck didn't go 25 yards and dropped dead. I couldn't be prouder. Hopefully he is hooked for life.
The doe is mine i got a few days later. Glad to have 2 in the freezer since i didn't get any last year. Thanks for reading.
meat for the family with a family heirloom rifle. Not sure it could get any better than that.
good for you and your son. My son and I used to hunt together, but after 20 years in service and many deployments he has lost all interest in hunting 4 legged animals and is always on the look out for 2 legged animals.
