Sons first buck
12-05-2006 | 03:52 PM
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RE: Sons first buck
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You gotta love the smile of a young hunter and his first deer!
I'm smiling right now Bob cause I know the pride you are feeling. I'd say that buck and your boy are a perfect match for each other. The area in the pic looks real familiar to me. As a general question, do you have to walk in behind gated roads to get there?
There is no better feeling than hunting up in the big woods and there are still some good opportunities to be had.Betweenyou and meand our parties this year, we have proven that. My group had a 50% success rate this year and my brothers buck was the largest rack by far we have EVER even seen up there. I saw a buck at the camp down the road that was every bit as big as my brothers also. In the years before AR we never had a 50% success rate and spikes or forkies were the rule. I have seen concrete evidence in several diverse habitats over multiple seasons that AR does in fact work remarkably well.
You gotta love the smile of a young hunter and his first deer!
I'm smiling right now Bob cause I know the pride you are feeling. I'd say that buck and your boy are a perfect match for each other. The area in the pic looks real familiar to me. As a general question, do you have to walk in behind gated roads to get there?
There is no better feeling than hunting up in the big woods and there are still some good opportunities to be had.Betweenyou and meand our parties this year, we have proven that. My group had a 50% success rate this year and my brothers buck was the largest rack by far we have EVER even seen up there. I saw a buck at the camp down the road that was every bit as big as my brothers also. In the years before AR we never had a 50% success rate and spikes or forkies were the rule. I have seen concrete evidence in several diverse habitats over multiple seasons that AR does in fact work remarkably well.
The road was gated but the gates were opened for deer season including archery and early muzzy season. I think we're a bit west of the area you hunt.
12-05-2006 | 05:08 PM
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RE: Sons first buck
I was asking about the area because we usually hunt in the region between Ludlow and Sheffield in the ANF in Warren County. We hunted there on the first day and didn't do too well. With all the ongoing logging, fenced areas, and tornado damage it is darnnear impossible to even get into the woods there. The deer are plentiful but out of reach. One could walk along the road and that's about it. Visibility is next to zero. We walk over an hour on a gated road to reach our traditional stomping ground. We pretty much said our goodbyes to it this year. Second day we hunted the ANF near camp in Elk County, heavily hunted public ground and did very well. A funny side note: the fenced areas now have signs on them saying "hunting permitted" and signs directing hunters to the gates. A human could not even get 20 feet into there, let alone see anything or shoot safely. The deer seek refuge in the fenced areas which is kind of ironic. The deer have been entering those fenced areas since the day they were erected. I saw a whole group of deer leap cleanly over a fence a few years ago and disappear into the thick.
12-05-2006 | 05:46 PM
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RE: Sons first buck
Congratsto you and the young feller BT.I can tell how happy and proud he is and I bet dad was proud too.That's a heck of a feeling to share with a child in the woods.That's quite a trophy.
12-05-2006 | 06:45 PM
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RE: Sons first buck
Tell the boy congrats and give him a pat on the back. There is nothing quite like the thrill you get watching you kid get a deer.
I get more excited when my daughter and step son shoot than when I do the shooting.
Days like that will live forever in your memory.
Congrats!
I get more excited when my daughter and step son shoot than when I do the shooting.
Days like that will live forever in your memory.
Congrats!
