Young Friends 1st Deer
I made it a priority this year to take a kid hunting with a crossbow and man did it work out wonderfully last weekend. The young man is 13 and we practiced with my Horton 175 for a few weeks. He became very comfortable and excited about the crossbow. I took him out to a local honey hole of mine and we saw over 50 deer. He passed all in the morning waiting for a buck. At 6pm on opening day he took his first deer. A 6pt buck that weighed 115lbs. Great shot, the buck ran maybe 30 yards. He is now saving his money for his own crossbow and is very excited to take out some does with me at some other sites I have. With my 12 year old and this young man being friends, I think the doe population is in trouble and I will have to buy another freezer. Here's to a great opening and I didn't even hunt.
Mike