Doug in Idaho
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My oldest daughter turned 10 this year and so could legally hunt here in Idaho for the first time. We practiced shooting quite a bit with her this summer, mostly off of a bench. I knew we needed to get some different type of shooting in so I got out my old set of shooting sticks and set a target up at 100 yards and got her set up. She was sitting on the ground and fired off 2 shots. I looked through the binoculars and couldn't make out any holes so I told her we better go look and see where she was hitting. This is what we found. We determined she was ready.
We went to a place where I knew we could find a doe without too many problems. Had one of her younger sisters with us and we packed plenty of snacks. It wasn't cold yet so the good weather was a plus as well.
We were seeing deer but they were all far enough away in different canyons that we weren't going to have enough time to go after them this evening. Finally after a little more hiking and glassing we spotted a lone deer bedded down. One single doe. We worked to a little over 100 yards away and got set up on the shooting sticks. She was able to find the deer in the scope with no issues, and when the deer finally stood up she touched off the round. The doe ran about 50 yards and tipped over. I was a little shocked I must admit at how calm she was through the whole thing and a little that she had actually hit a deer. Put a perfect shot on it. I have 4 daughters and plan on this being a regular occurrence. It's a lot of fun to be in the mountains with them, even though someone has to go to the bathroom at all times it seems. I hope there are many more days like this in my future.
We went to a place where I knew we could find a doe without too many problems. Had one of her younger sisters with us and we packed plenty of snacks. It wasn't cold yet so the good weather was a plus as well.
We were seeing deer but they were all far enough away in different canyons that we weren't going to have enough time to go after them this evening. Finally after a little more hiking and glassing we spotted a lone deer bedded down. One single doe. We worked to a little over 100 yards away and got set up on the shooting sticks. She was able to find the deer in the scope with no issues, and when the deer finally stood up she touched off the round. The doe ran about 50 yards and tipped over. I was a little shocked I must admit at how calm she was through the whole thing and a little that she had actually hit a deer. Put a perfect shot on it. I have 4 daughters and plan on this being a regular occurrence. It's a lot of fun to be in the mountains with them, even though someone has to go to the bathroom at all times it seems. I hope there are many more days like this in my future.
