BDD - Big Doe Down!
 

In honor of Lee & Tiffany's theme song -- Big Buck Down, I'm singing "big doe down!" :D

Thinking of Lee & Tiff was appropriate, as I can't begin to thank God enough for my wonderful family -- and how my wife so fully supports my passion and how excited my son is about deer hunting.

My wife has been pretty sick the last couple days, but I thought she was sorta better when I left out this afternoon. After I smoked this doe at 4:10, I called home since I was only 14 miles away on some Conservation-owned land with plenty of daylight left; a twenty-degree drop in temperature overnight had them moving early today.

My wife handed the phone to my three-year-old son, Matthew, and he started jumping up and down. "Didja get a buck, or didja get a doe? A doe, or a buck? A mommy or a daddy?" I think he repeated that a few times before I could answer... :D

My wife and son met me at the parking area, and we began the trek to recover my deer -- which was about a mile away. She stopped a couple times to throw up on the way in, but never complained once. Not once. I figured out then that she had just been being a trooper andnot complaining.

It really cracked me up when my son was standing beside me and he threw up a bit when the smell of all the blood and guts hit him. I looked up and smiled and asked "Whatcha doin'?" He got this grin and said "Nothin.. just spittin'..." I think it's the first time he's ever thrown up in his life. He didn't let it phase him a bit, as a second later he was back down pulling on her ears and stroking her hair.

I'll tell details of the actual hunt later, but right now... these are the memories I'll take away from this hunt. :)

Here we are immediately after arriving on the scene...



Nice, long face... mature Missouri doe.



Still doesn't want to seeher go bye-bye... :)

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CONGRATS!!!!!! Those are some great pics! The boy sure is into it, aye!!! Congrats!

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Way to go Greg. Nice shot and a nice post. You have a great family there. Hope your wife is feeling better. Usually an upchuck will perk you up a little.[:o]

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Congrats Greg!
Nice pics!

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Way to go Greg - that's awesome. Man my wife would kill me if I put a bloody deer in the back of our SUV without putting down a tarp or something LOL:).

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That first pic - is that the entrance hole or the exit hole?

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Thats an awsome doe man, and reminds me of me when my dad use to come home and help me get his deer, but now im always with him huntin or by myself try to get my first one with a bow, But congrats on the awsome deer.

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Awesome Greg!

When you gonna set me up on one of those big Missouri does?

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Well done Greg, that's a good lookin doe and cute kid. Props to the wife as well, ladies like those aren't easy to come by.

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Hey congrats on the doe, it sure makes it even better when you can include the little guys in it in some way,, I almost shot one this evening too, but decided to pass,, but really wanted to take the shot so I could go get my son to help me track it.. Priceless!!!

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Very cool Greag, congrats! I guess we'll be seeing the little guy with his own deer in a few years.:D

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Congrats Greg!

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Congrats on the back straps!

Great story ta-boot!

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Congrats, buddy!!!! What a great story. I managed to whack one myself this evening. Nicely done!

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Good shootin, nice pics. hope the Misses feels better
Dan

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congrats. Sure got a great family.

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Great story and nice family man. Congrats on the doe and I hope your wife feels better soon.

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Way to go buddy! Should taste even better after all you've been through. Best of luck.

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the pics are awesome, congrats

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i can't see it but i know it's good. congrats!!!!

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Congrats on a fine animal Greg!

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Greg, congrats on a nice doe. I hope your wife feels better and by the way your son is adorable!:)

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Awsome doe man congrats, cute kid too. Are you sure hes yours? :D

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Great moment. That certainly is a special day for you and the young fella!

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Way to go Greg..congrats on the BIG fat doe, nice picstoo, i think your little guy is going to make
quite the hunter;)

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Way to go Greg. Those are the moments we live for. Enjoy those backstraps!

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Nice long nose baldy there Greg / MO. Nice shot there too. Memories to last a lifetime.

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congrats, Thats a fair sized doe and man your boy will be a mighty fine hunter when he grows up.

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Way to go congrats

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bald is beautiful! Awesome doe Greg, congrats!

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Greg, very nice doe and looks like a very clean shot as well. Congrats!

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Congrats! I can't wait to go out there and whack a nanny..........

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Greg:

You are a rich man. Congratulations.

That's a fine deer, too ;).

Jeff

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Nice doe and wonderful pics! Your son sure is a cute one and looks like a hunter in the making. Dangit, just ain't fair.......I gotta wait till the first of October yet!

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Cool! Great pic.:D

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Nice Doe! Congrats

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Greg, that is a fine young man. What a handsome boy.

Congratulations on a fine hunting experience for you guys. That is what its really all about.

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Congratulations.. That is what needs to happen more mature does goin down.. Bring back the ballance


Tim

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Hello all! This is Greg's wife Alison. Greg told me he had written something about our little adventure last night, which really wasn't too bad, and I wanted to read what he had said. He described it pretty well. He did forget to say that he basically let Matthew "find" the deer after they had tracked it about 30 yards. I was up a few yards on a conservation gravel road resting a bit so that I didn't pass out on the way back to the jeep. But I heard Matthew yell, "There is the deer daddy! A deer! A deer! A doe! We found her!!" I really hope no one else within a 5 mile radius was trying to hunt because Matthew's enthusiasm for deer hunting comes out very loudly at three years old! He is so excited to be daddy's deer tracking buddy and often mentions when he gets bigger he will go hunting with daddy and be very quiet! Greg and I can't wait to see a time when he is actually awake and quiet at the same time!! It is a rare occurence at our house.

On a side note pay backs are hell! Evidently, I have passed on my germs to Greg and he got very ill last night and has been sick as a dog! I think I am going to suggest that tonight we go for a two mile trek in the woods and look at the pretty fall leaves! :D I doubt that he will go for it but it might make him appreciate me a little more. Not that he doesn't already!! I am glad that I can support Greg in something he is so passionate about and enjoys so much ( and puts meat on our table) and there is no way any good mother would not indulge her son in any way she could with something he loves to do and enjoys being just like daddy!
Thanks to you all for your friendship with Greg, I know he enjoys you greatly!

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Congrats to you and yours. Greg's a good egg, and I'm sure he's a great father and a good husband. It does me well to hear that the kids get involved with the experience and enjoy it. This is yet another example of how you don't necessarily have to take the kids hunting with you to get them involved, and those are memories that will stick with Matt forever.

You'll wanna start feeding the kids lots of Wheaties, and maybe put them in a weightlifting program, because Greg's getting awfullyold, and he won't be able to drag his deer much longer. In the meantime, just spike Greg's breakfast cereal with Ensure or Geritol to keep the wind in his sails until the boy gets a little older and can help him out. [8D]