I took my son out for an Iowa youth hunt Saturday evening and Sunday. Saturday was no luck at all in that we only saw a couple deer on our way out when we couldn't shoot and nothing else all day but we had a heck of a great time together. Then Sunday the real action came. One small buck presented himself and he fired but was low and the deer ran off. We checked for blood and on our way back to the stand, we got caught in the open by two more bucks. I was so proud as my son listened to every instruction and despite his heavy breathing managed to stay calm and do exactly as instructed. We watched for what seemed like a very LONG time as the buck came right to us but wouldn't look away. I slowly lowered myself and set up the sticks and had my son place the shotgun on my shoulder. I slowly lowered it on the sticks and whispered, "Where the neck meets the shoulders, dead center." He did as we had practiced all week and pulled the slack out of the Mossberg trigger, then fired. It was amazing to see the Hornady SST slug work. While the deer, after thrashing about for about 20 seconds, did get up and run, it was only because it didn't know it was already dead. We waited a few minutes and found it dead at the edge of the tree line. Couldn't be more proud of my boy and have one of the most amazing memories of my life. Thanks for listening to a proud dad rant!

Awesome - he will remember this forever!

Congrats, well done. He'll remember that first one forever.

Tell him great job nothing like getting the youngsters started.

Nice, congrats to you both.

Congratulations to both of you, excellent job.

Well done!

Fantastic!

Congratulations, very well done!
It's not easy to put a kid, a deer and a bullet all in the same place at the same time and make it work. You did a great job dad and so did your young hunter.

Great job, congratulations. Looks like he got a very healthy buck.

Well done! Getting a new hunting partner has got to be exciting.

That is a special time for both father and son.
Best to the both of you and many more
seasons ahead.

Congrats to both of you!!! You'll always remember the first one!

That is great! Thanks for sharing this with us.

Tom

Congratulations, what a special event. I am sure both of you will remember this day forever. Very nice of you to share this with us.

Matt

How old is he? If these youngster stories don't put a smile on your face nothing will! This is the future of our great sport right here. Tell him CONGRATULATIONS!

God Bless you both!
Louis

Way to go
Congrats on your first deer and congrats to you Curtis for making it all come together for your son.

He is 10 years old. Today he helped a little with the butchering. I think the best thing was that he realized so much about life and death and that TV and video games are nothing like the real thing. He has a realization about life that wasn't there before. Thank you all for the joyful congratulations. We will both remember this trip and I hope some day to share a beer with him and talk about it when a grandson or daughter takes their first!

Big congrats to all involved!

I had a conversation with my 7 year old this morning on the way to school. He wants to hunt a deer, so we both made a promise to each other to practice as much as possible between now and next season. Maybe he'll be ready.

Congrats again!

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Originally posted by graybird:
Big congrats to all involved!

I had a conversation with my 7 year old this morning on the way to school. He wants to hunt a deer, so we both made a promise to each other to practice as much as possible between now and next season. Maybe he'll be ready.

Congrats again!

Excellent! My son and I attended a coyote calling seminar by "the Primos Guy" last January at the Iowa deer classic. That's what finally got him serious about practice so we have been going to shoot a lot this year. It paid off big time and the practice is tons of fun also!

Bravo!
The first is always special

Way cool!!!!

Fantastic. You just achieved another bit of immortality, your Son will remember that forever!


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Congrats and thanks for sharing.

Nothing makes a parent prouder than the seeing success in their children. Thanks for posting, you're doing a great job Dad!

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Originally posted by JTEX:
Fantastic. You just achieved another bit of immortality, your Son will remember that forever!


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I like that!

Always remember your firsts ! Even classier he got to do it with his Dad !

Right on!