Shattering my ankle not only screwed up my hunting seasons but my daughter's as well. I had her a plains doe mule deer ML tag, and season started a week after I shattered my ankle. She was more worried about me than the hunting though and never once complained about losing her tag to my injury.

We had planned to take our annual OK white tail hunt as well, but I still don't travel well for long periods in the car. So my buddy Snellstrom offered to take her this year as he and his youngest boy were going to be hunting with Graybird again as well. Snellstrom and his son picked her up the Saturday morning before Thanksgiving and off they went, leaving me to feel sad as I'd be missing my Daddy/Daughter hunt again for the second time in four hunting seasons.

It was a successful hunt for my daughter, she managed to tag out with two does and a buck by Monday evening. Shooting her second and largest buck to date with her trusty .300 Savage M700 Classic.



I owe Snellstrom and Graybird a big Thank You for taking my daughter hunting, and giving her a few days away from my grumpiness. Sometimes the pain gets to me and makes me a bear to live with, but through it all my daughter has been a huge help taking care of her old man. This trip was a well deserved and earned break from her normal routine.

Thanks again buddies for making my little girl a successful huntress!

Congratulations to your daughter and all involved. This is what a "hunting community" is all about!!!

You will "pay it forward" someday. Good job by Snellstrom and Graybird!
And congratulations to your daughter, obviously she was taught well.

Still need to work on that smile more!

This is the kind of story we like to see turn out well.

Great job all of you and congrats to the girl. I know it hurts, but, facing the fact she don't really need you along to get the job done is something that should make you proud too.

Good luck with the ankle and thanks much for sharing with us.
George

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Originally posted by graybird:
Still need to work on that smile more!

My daughter is like that doesn't want you to know how excited she is.

Congratulations to all involved.

Great Huntress!!!!

I've heard somewhere that those two Colorado boys "graybird and Snellstrom " are good guys

Tell the young lady congratulations from the Missouri family

That's a really good looking buck

It was a real pleasure to take her on that trip, she is a great young lady!
I think I may have had as much fun as the kids on this trip, it is satisfying to see our kids growing up and becoming not only good hunters and good shots but really good kids!
Looking forward to Graybirds boys in another year or 2 on these trips.
This stuff is big fun!

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Originally posted by graybird:
Still need to work on that smile more!

My daughter is like that doesn't want you to know how excited she is.

She used to smile, but doesn't think it's cool anymore. She's a little self conscious of a slight gap in her teeth, but the dentist said to wait on braces a little longer as it seems to be closing on its own. I just can't wait until she's out of the cool phase of her pre teen and teenage years, and I get my little girls smile back.



I was also happy to hear Snell's boy was finally able to kill something with that pawn shop junker I sold him. I think every kid should start out with a cheap $350 pawn shop rifle, makes them really appreciate things later on when they finally get their first new rifle.

I hope to see him whack an elk with that rifle someday.

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Snellstrom offered to take her this year as he and his youngest boy were going to be hunting with Graybird

That is pretty darn cool that your pals stepped in to help you out in your time of need!

Congratulations to all involved!

Best example of "Hunting community" I've seen in a while.

Good job fellas! That's a fine buck for the young huntress - well done.

Great job all involved!

Thanks for sharing! It is great to hear not only about a young hunters success but also the generosity of those who helped to make it possible.

I look back at pictures of my daughters smile in pictures when she was younger. I have one etched in my mind with a big bluegill she caught. There is something about the smile of an adolescent daughter, they just light up your world.

Tom

Fantastic and the 300 Savage brings back a lot of old memories of elk hunts in my youth, it was popular back then and considered a magnum around our camp of 30-30s...I consider it the perfect whitetail rifle, but wouldn't hesitate to hunt elk or moose with it today. It worked back then and still would today.

Hats off to your buddies who stepped up to help a young lady get to enjoy the outdoors! Well done to all...

Fantastic.

Over there in the Africa Forum on the Facebook thread there is all this hoopla about what hunters should do.

Hunters should do this.

I am happy for you and your daughter.

Snellstrom and Graybird