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My youngest daughter, 21 year old Kelly, was home from college for Thanksgiving and we were on a quest to get her first whitetail deer. I had been doing some long distance scouting of a cousin's property about a mile from my farm and had several bucks and does located. The deer would come out of the wooded mountain into a pasture each evening right before dark. This property does not get hunted much and I was saving the spot for a hunt with Kelly. Thanksgiving day we got set up about 2:30 in a makeshift ground blind in a small clump of trees in the pasture about 120 yards from the edge of the woods. I told Kelly we were going to target only bucks given what I had seen over the last couple of weeks. We spent some quality time together waiting for dusk. Right on cue, at 4:30 we started seeing deer. Kelly spotted every deer we saw before I did. The first deer was a mature 10 point with one side of his rack all busted up that I had seen while scouting, but he cruised by inside the woods and did not offer a shot. A little while later a doe came busting out of the woods obviously being chased by a buck. An 8 point buck followed her into the pasture but was obscured by a tree line... no shot. Another doe came out into the pasture calmly feeding as shooting light was quickly fading. Another 8 point buck comes over a rise and is heading straight toward the feeding doe. Kelly got the .243 on the sticks and waited for the buck to turn broadside and stop walking. Under difficult low light conditions Kelly makes a perfect heart shot at 100 yards. The buck runs about 80 yards and piles up within sight.    I am so proud of my little girl! I love you Kelly!!! -------------------------------------------- National Rifle Association - Life Member National Wild Turkey Federation - Diamond Life Sponsor Pope & Young Club - Associate Member | ||
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Congrats, great story , great pics. Thanks for sharing -------------------- THANOS WAS RIGHT! | |||
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Congratulations. Looks like she is pleased as well. | |||
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Tell your young lady congratulations! Great shooting and great pictures. | |||
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OUTSTANDING first deer!! A big congrats to her.... (My first deer was a fraction of that size. haha) _______________________________________________________ Hunt Report - South Africa 2022 Wade Abadie - Wild Shot Photography Website | Facebook | Instagram | |||
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Thats a great buck ________________________________________________ Maker of The Frankenstud Sling Keeper Proudly made in the USA Acepting all forms of payment | |||
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Awesome! Congratulations to you both! Greg Brownlee Neal and Brownlee, LLC Quality Worldwide Big Game Hunts Since 1975 918/299-3580 greg@NealAndBrownlee.com www.NealAndBrownlee.com Instagram: @NealAndBrownleeLLC Hunt reports: Botswana 2010 Alaska 2011 Bezoar Ibex, Turkey 2012 Mid Asian Ibex, Kyrgyzstan 2014 | |||
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Congratulation to daughter and dad!! 30+ years experience tells me that perfection hit at .264. Others are adequate but anything before or after is wishful thinking. | |||
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Well done by BOTH of you!  Bobby Μολὼν λαβέ The most important thing in life is not what we do but how and why we do it. - Nana Mouskouri | |||
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Nice deer and a rightful proud moment for father and daughter! On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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Excellent first deer!! Congrats to you both! A job well done!!! Graybird "Make no mistake, it's not revenge he's after ... it's the reckoning." | |||
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Two beauties!!! Congrats to your daughter! Best regards, D. Nelson | |||
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Congratulations to the young huntress. And the proud Pop to. Don't limit your challenges . . . Challenge your limits | |||
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Awesome, gives my daugther a lot to look forward to. Thanks for posting! | |||
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Great Job. Is that Aggie Maroon she is wearing there in that 3rd pic? The Hunt goes on forever, the season never ends. I didn't learn this by reading about it or seeing it on TV. I learned it by doing it. | |||
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Great deer! I grew up in Huntsville. Heading back there tomorrow for a few days. Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than my guns | |||
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Fantastic! A blooded hunter! Mike | |||
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Well done Andy. Very well done. Will J. Parks, III | |||
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Nice buck good for your daughter. But she really needs some blaze orange finger nail polish,  it goes along with deer season the best, | |||
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Love these stories. Congrats to your daughter on the fine start. Better still, congrats on raising a daughter you can share something so amazing with. | |||
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