10 year old son's First deer 8 pt.
 

12/12/05 my son shot this nice 19 inch spread 8pt. It was his first shot at a dear. My 12 year old son has shoot 3 spikes and I still have not shot one. We hunt a 1000 acre farm with nice open fields, ponds and half the land is covered hardwood.

Question-- Would you move to a different area believing you have shot the dominent buck or would you hunt the same stand??? Some say by this time that the bucks aren't as territorial. I knoticed this buck still had scraping in his antlers. We are rookies so any help would be appreciated. We hunt on the NC-VA stateline.



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RE: 10 year old son's First deer
 

Wow, that is a very nice deer, what a first one, gunna have a hard time topping that one, atleast he's got a ways to go...

In the region I hunt the deer aren't territorial ever really... Their territory is the territory of the particular doe they are courting at the time... they'll hang around a few days at a time maybe but they're usually never following consistant patterns here...

Move around a bit, get out there and hunt 'em...

Nice deer...

RE: 10 year old son's First deer
 

That is a GREAT BUCK!!! Congrats to you and your son. I would keep hunting the stand. Go get you one now!!!

RE: 10 year old son's First deer
 

in my opinion, if you do shoot the dominate buck within a certain area...another one will take it's place for that area. my friend had his trail camera set up on a scrape this year. he captured 19 different bucks working the same area/scrape.

RE: 10 year old son's First deer
 

i tell ya what...for a first deer...that is super

RE: 10 year old son's First deer
 

what did he shoot it with?

RE: 10 year old son's First deer
 

wow, thats huge for a buck, let alone a first buck........i hope your puttin it on the wall for him.

RE: 10 year old son's First deer
 

Shot it with my dad's Marlin 35. It's an old gun and I had a little trouble finding bullets. I guess it isn't used much anymore but it knocked it down. We didn't need to go looking for it.

RE: 10 year old son's First deer
 

nice deer... what is the age limit for children and high powered rifles in your state?

RE: 10 year old son's First deer
 

In NC you have to be with a licensed adult if you are under 16. Once you turn 16 you must have the hunter safety in order to get your licenses.

RE: 10 year old son's First deer
 

Nice buck young man.
Glad to see you get out there with your dad.
Congrats

RE: 10 year old son's First deer
 

Man, my first deer was an 8 point but it wasn't as near as big as that. Great deer

RE: 10 year old son's First deer
 

Absolutely awsome! It's great to see the young ones out hunting. It would be nice to see Wisconsin have a special youth season for those under 12. Congrats!

RE: 10 year old son's First deer
 

Congradulations on the sucess of his hunt, and to the memories and bondsyou have both created.:)

RE: 10 year old son's First deer 8 pt.
 

Hey, Congrat's to all!

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Very nice deer, congrats

RE: 10 year old son's First deer 8 pt.
 

Heck, i am 40 and have never killed an 8pt. The biggest i have ever gotten was a really nice 6 pt. that weighed 160lbs. Can your son give me some lessons?, i think i need them now.

Can't get brother pic uploaded
 

Will try latter.

RE: 10 year old son's First deer 8 pt.
 

Nice buck

RE: 10 year old son's First deer
 

Exactly!! Heprobablywont shoot another that big for a while. It is awesome that he's got so much time left to hunt and he alreadyhas a nice buck under his belt! Congrats!

RE: 10 year old son's First deer
 

MAN that is a GREAT picture ... and is what REALLY makes THIS sport special ..that young man will ALWAYS remember taking his first buck and will never forget his dad was with him ...GREAT JOB !!

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