Today was the opening day of deer season in Texas and it was a special one because I took my 8 year old son out to the blind with the intention of letting him shoot his first buck on his own. I had a gunsmith customize a Remington 700 .223 for him. We cut the stock down and cut and recrowned the barrel to 20". We've been shooting paper for several weeks and the little gun will shoot under an inch all day long. At 6:45 this morning this buck walked out. I held Mason off a young 8 pointer earlier. When this boy walked out I knew he was the buck! Mason made a great shot at about 50 yards and the buck ran 20 yards and piled up. We sat in the blind until 7:00 and two more bucks came out...one making a scrape about 100 yards away. At 7:15, we left the blind and trailed the buck. Needless to say, I don't know who was more excited, Mason or his old man! This hunt will go down as my favorite of all time.

Congratulations, to the young man and to Pop! When are you going to start him in Africa?

Bwana,

That is just too cool. You know your just nor going to be able to punch any buck in ID to beat your son's. I can only imagine how proud you are.

Good show and congrats to you and your boy.

Regards,

Mark

great buck, great hunt. great start of what hopefully will be a lifelong tradition.

Congratulations to you and your son. I think I still get more excited when one of my daughters shoots a deer or elk than they do. I'll always be grateful to my dad for passing it on.

Bwanamrm,



Congratulations to both of you...this will be indelibly etched in your memories for always!

Congrats to the young man. I have the feeling Pop is strutting a little to, maybe?

My wife and daughter will be hunting for the first time this year. As we all know, one of them will harvest the 12 point I have been watching for two and a half years, but that's OK, we may just make life long hunters!

Again, let the younster know he's got a dandy!