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My youngest son, 13, did a great job this year holding out for a the right buck. He and my oldest son passed on at least 35 Bucks during the season looking for a really big one. They never encountered the right buck so on the last day we talked him into putting a stalk on this one. Was great fun for me and AR member "Graybird" to watch the whole stalk unfold as my kids closed the distance and made the shot. Shot was 325 yards rested over his back pack, prone. 280 Rem, 139 grain Hornady GMX, the Buck only went one direction, down. Short trip under a mile with packframes and he was back to the truck.    | ||
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Congrats to your son. Obviously you are doing great job too. Oopps, I really think that deer while being packed should have some blaze orange on it. Son could look like a deer walking around. | |||
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Fantastic! That's a great first buck. Heck, I'd be happy with that buck even at my age. _____________________ A successful man is one who earns more money than his wife can spend. | |||
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Carpetman you are right. Right after that photo I asked him "where is your orange?" and he promptly put it back on. | |||
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It was a fantastic season even though the weather didn't cooperate. Always a pleasure to spend time in hunting camp with a great group! Looking forward to the next one! Graybird "Make no mistake, it's not revenge he's after ... it's the reckoning." | |||
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Your son does have on his orange hat. Not sure if blaze orange as it looks yellow in one picture. I was thinking of some orange on the deer. Orange does show up, someone wearing orange gloves shows up from a long ways as their hands seem to always be moving. | |||
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Big congratulations to lil' Snell You're doing a great job with those two sons Dave !! ________________________________________________ Maker of The Frankenstud Sling Keeper Proudly made in the USA Acepting all forms of payment | |||
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Even here in Alaska fathers and sons hunting together is not all that common. Congratulations in raising good all-American boys. Cal _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | |||
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Nothin wrong with that deer...I would have shot it day 1...has lots of character in my mind. Mike Legistine actu? Quid scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  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. | |||
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Excellent! Kids in the woods. What could be better? Congrats to you both. Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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Great Story! Great Buck! Great Caliber! | |||
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Congratulations to you and your son, great job for both of you. Even the rocks don't last forever. | |||
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The deer area he hunts isn't overrun with hunters. He has adequate orange on and is in no danger. I normally dont wear any blaze on a pack out.... I hate the shit ________________________________________________ Maker of The Frankenstud Sling Keeper Proudly made in the USA Acepting all forms of payment | |||
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Great job! You're doing things right, Dad. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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Nothing better than watching youngens succeed!Must have been a thrill to watch. All We Know Is All We Are | |||
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Looks like a great time with your son. Congrats! Doesn't get much better than that. | |||
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Thats what I call making memories! Thanks for sharing Snellstrom and congrats to the boy! AK-47 The only Communist Idea that Liberals don't like. | |||
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Dang! That .280 is looking better all the time in his hands.  Tell him great job! | |||
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Tell the young man Congrats! on a nice buck and great shot. | |||
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Great job. Jim "Bwana Umfundi" NRA | |||
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Thanks for all the positive comments guys! My boy likes seeing his pictures on the forum and reading your well wishes. This was his first Mule Deer, however he has already taken nearly a dozen whitetails. He definitely has the hunting bug. | |||
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Good stuff! 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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Congratulations on sealing the deal! Don't limit your challenges . . . Challenge your limits | |||
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Excellent!!! Congrats!!! MSG, USA (Ret.) Armor NRA Life Memeber | |||
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