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First Whitetail
29 November 2009, 19:21
Hawkeye47First Whitetail
My great niece Trisha took her first Buck this year!!! She is 10 and she shot a Dandy 10 point Whitetail. I will send a picture to Charles if he has time to post it here.
Hawkeye47
29 November 2009, 19:25
Harold R. StephensTell her, from all of us here at AR, congratulations. I hope she truly enjoyed the experience?
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29 November 2009, 20:17
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29 November 2009, 22:20
Charles_HelmCongratulations to her! Fire away and I'll be happy to post it.
30 November 2009, 05:20
Hawkeye47Trust me guys she was super excited about getting her deer. She told her dad it was just like the one they shot on the TV show. In reallity it was a lot better than a bunch I have seen shot on hunting shows.
Charles my wife will send you the picture from work in the morning. My niece is really excited about being on AR. Thanks so much for posting her picture.
Hawkeye47
30 November 2009, 06:22
Charles_HelmPictures:
Congratulations to her on a great buck!
30 November 2009, 21:30
StonecreekThat's a pretty auspicious start! Looks like she put the bullet where it was supposed to go, also. Congrats!
30 November 2009, 22:35
Hawkeye47She shot him with a 788 Remington in 243 caliber. It has been cut down to fit a youth and she shoots it really well. The buck only went 30 yards and piled up stone dead! I told her she was really Lucky because I hunted 25 years before killing a buck that good.
Thanks Charles for posting her pictures!
Hawkeye47
30 November 2009, 22:35
Charles_HelmMy pleasure.
01 December 2009, 00:18
ReloaderCongrats!!!
01 December 2009, 01:13
jwp475Very nice, it is great to see young one involved in the hunting sports
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02 December 2009, 21:46
Hawkeye47jwp475,
She is really hooked on the outdoors! She shot her first Turkey last year, her deer this year, and now wants to shoot a Goose!!!!
Hawkeye47
03 December 2009, 07:02
Ryan CampbellHawkeye,
You are correct, this is way better than a hunting show. Contrats to your niece. She may live to be 100 and kill as many bucks but she will never forget this one.
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.
03 December 2009, 08:49
Sevenxbjtquote:
Originally posted by jwp475:
Very nice, it is great to see young one involved in the hunting sports
+1
05 December 2009, 08:39
bwanamrmGreat buck! Please relay my congratulations to the young lady!
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08 December 2009, 21:22
WallheadIt's all about being in the right place at the right time. And lady luck does the rest
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Great deer though - what a smile on that young lady!!
"Shoot hard, boys."
08 December 2009, 21:30
matt uTrisha, Congratulations on your first buck
08 December 2009, 23:10
dinsdaleWow,that's some first deer....
16 December 2009, 19:04
Hawkeye47BTT for Trishas friends!
Hawkeye47
16 December 2009, 19:12
mt AlShe'll never forget it, ever. Wonderful!
16 December 2009, 19:21
graybirdMuch, much better than my first buck!!!!
Congrats!!!
Graybird
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18 December 2009, 02:09
Hawkeye47Graybird,
My first buck was a forkhorn and after 50 years I can still remember every detail!!!
Hawkeye47
18 December 2009, 02:16
Bobby TomekVery nice...especially for a FIRST buck!
Bobby
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20 December 2009, 12:16
Sean BrowneThat's a beautiful buck. Congrats to Trisha!
20 December 2009, 20:13
Mike_DettorreCongrats Trisha...he's a monster!
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What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.
20 December 2009, 20:52
OLBIKERHoly cow,nice Buck Trisha!!!!!!
23 December 2009, 07:09
graybirdquote:
Originally posted by Hawkeye47:
Graybird,
My first buck was a forkhorn and after 50 years I can still remember every detail!!!
Hawkeye47
Hawkeye,
My first buck was a basket racked 6-point. I remember him like it was yesterday, also. He came from behind me on my right. WHen I saw him, I started shaking like a leaf on a tree during a tornado. I steadied the gun as best as possible, when I felt comfortable I 'YANKED!!!" the trigger. I wish I could say I applied a slow steady pull on the trigger, but I didn't. When the gun when off, I noticed bits of tree flying through the air, but no buck at all. He simply vanished!
I looked back thru the scope and noticed I hit the edge of a tree a few feet in front of the buck. I got down out of the tree stand and went to look for my buck, but couldn't find neither him or the tree I hit. So, I climbed back into the tree and noticed I was looking way too close to my stand. Back to the ground and I found him. The bullet glanced off the tree and hit him in the spine.
I rolled the deer over and his front right leg was almost completely blown off at the knee joint. It was completely puss riden and absolutely unfit for consumption. I guess he was shot at during the muzzleloader season a few weeks prior to gun season, who knows. But, I tagged him, took him to the check station, and thankfully the DOW issued me another tag, which I ended up taking a doe with on the last day of the season.
This was about 20 years ago, and I still remember every second of that hunt!!!
Graybird
"Make no mistake, it's not revenge he's after ... it's the reckoning."
27 December 2009, 06:43
Texas Blue DevilGreat buck!!
Go Duke!!