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!!!

Congrats, great story , great pics. Thanks for sharing

Congratulations. Looks like she is pleased as well.

Tell your young lady congratulations!
Great shooting and great pictures.

OUTSTANDING first deer!! A big congrats to her....

(My first deer was a fraction of that size. haha)

Thats a great buck

Awesome! Congratulations to you both!

Congratulation to daughter and dad!!

Well done by BOTH of you!

Nice deer and a rightful proud moment for father and daughter!

Excellent first deer!! Congrats to you both! A job well done!!!

Two beauties!!! Congrats to your daughter!

Best regards, D. Nelson

Congratulations to the young huntress.

And the proud Pop to.

Awesome, gives my daugther a lot to look forward to.

Thanks for posting!

Great Job. Is that Aggie Maroon she is wearing there in that 3rd pic?

Great deer! I grew up in Huntsville. Heading back there tomorrow for a few days.

Fantastic! A blooded hunter!

Mike

Well done Andy. Very well done.

Nice buck good for your daughter.

But she really needs some blaze orange finger nail polish, it goes along with deer season the best,

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.