Took my grandson hunting on new years eve. He took his first deer, a doe at about 100 yards. Perfect shoulder shot that was quartering to us and she only ran about 30-40 yards before toppling over.

Congrats

Congratulations to the new young hunter.

Got er Did.

Very nice some good eating there

Excellent! Congrats to you both!!!

Good Deal!! Keep the tradition going !! Take a kid hunting, you'll never have to hunt for the kid. Bob

No rifle in the photo, was one used? If so what kind? Give us the dirt. No blaze orange. Congrats to you and grandson.

Cool!

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Originally posted by carpetman1:
No rifle in the photo, was one used? If so what kind? Give us the dirt. No blaze orange. Congrats to you and grandson.

Rifle was my Dad's Remington model 700 270 Winchester . Shooting 150 grn Sierra Game Kings. Private property in Texas, so Blaze Orange is not required.

Congratulations to you and your grandson.

Harold--If your grandson is comfortable shooting the .270, obviously it's a great choice. Where he is making the well placed shot, he would get same results with even smaller cals to include 22's. I too hunt on private land in Texas, I just prefer to wear some blaze orange and the youth I take hunting to do the same although not required. You can tell by his smile he is hooked. Grandpa will need to get him his own rifle. My grandson started out with the .22's at age seven and about nine, he started using my .243 and his dad's .243. (There wasn't a need to go bigger than the .22's it was just a matter of the .243's being available). Then about age 16 I gave him his now pride and joy. It is a pre 64 Win 88 in .308. (again no need for going bigger, but what was on hand) He now has twin 5 year old sons that we will be starting fairly soon. Most likely they will start out with Remington 600 in .222. I have one and their dad also has one that I gave him and I have an extra stock that we can cut down. Isn't it fun taking the youth hunting?

Harold, I hope this is not too late. If the lower legs from that doe are still available, you can make your grandson a trophy, even though there were no antlers. With a mixture of cup and half of 20 Mule Team Borax to gallon of water, soak the legs for 3 days. This will prevent them from stinking. Bend the leg into a 90 degree angle at the joint and tie them in that position while soaking and rinse real good after soaking, leaving them bent while drying. You can then mount the legs to a board with the hooves pointing up, making a real nice rack (for that rifle you get him). They will remain in that bent position as if welded. You can use shoe polish on the hooves to shine them real good.