Well, I didn't rteally get to hunt this weekend because it was Youth Weekend here in Texas, and I have two boys that qualify. Archery was still open, and I did carry my bow, but since my youngest is under twelve he has to hunt with an adult, so I was playing Guide.

However, my oldest son did score, and in a big way for his first buck. He had shot his first gobbler and first doe about 3 years ago, but he hasn't wanted to shoot a buck unless it was a good one, so he hadn't killed one yet. He was hunting about 500 yards from us (private land), and this big old busted up scrapper walked out and he nailed him. This guy was a nine point, but he had major parts of four tines broke off, including a split brow tine. Mason was so excited about getting him, and I was very proud of him too. Definitiely a good one for a first buck, even though he is busted up pretty bad. It was 125 yards and he got him right through both lungs and the top of the heart (the blood in the pic is where he was laying in it). He came walking right up to the tarsal gland that I cut off my doe two weeks ago and froze, then put out for him.