A deer hanging in camp

[shrapnel]

Congratulations on a great hunt and comfortable camp. Hopefully there will be many more in the coming years.

Hunting is not all about trophies. It seems like we lose our focus on what is really important. My dad took me hunting for the first time in 1965. I shot a doe and was so excited, I couldn't contain myself.

37 years later at the age of 92, he shot his last deer. 3 generations of hunting heritage, and passing it on is the most important thing..

 

[pre6422hornet]

Amazing hunt. I was/am an adult onset hunter back in 1993 at the age of 19. I have since passed my love of it down to our 4 daughters. Hopefully some day they take the old man out and let me sit with one of my model 70's.

That 95 gr BT is amazing in the .243.

 

[Talk2elk]

A hunt to be cherished, I enjoy this type of hunt above all others. Thank you for sharing.

 

[RadarSFCretired]

yes it was a nice hunting trip my son has had some health issues himself im very proud of what he has accomplished in life. this picture is from lion hunt this last winter

 

[ashersdad]

Gonna be pretty hard to beat that! Nice job to you both.

 

[Jrwhunting]

My dad has had two strokes. 2016 and 2018. The 2018 one did him in pretty good and the last couple years have been rough. He is now retired and life is a little better.

He hasn't been hunting in several years. He bought a Howa 243 last year, and we put him in for tags this year.

He drew a doe tag for area 6 here in NV this year.

We left Sunday and arrived at our camp spot at about 430. I put up the wall tent real fast, and my dad wanted to go down the road and see what was up and moving.

We made it just out of the hole camp was in and found some deer. He was lined up on a fawn, and passed. We then went 100 yards down the road and there was a group of about 15. It took a couple minutes for him to get set up on the tripod, but his one shot held true. I watched the deer fold up in my binoculars at 75 yards. One shot and done.

I began to do the gutless method like I normally do, and my dad said he wants a deer hanging in camp, so I gutted it real quick, and we hung it in camp.

532 yards from camp to deer.

He was shooting 243 Win with 95 grain Federal Nosler Ballistic Tip. In through the ribs, blew the heart up and out through the back of the left shoulder. The dark spot on the right side is the entrance and the one of it lying on the ground shows the exit.

We then goofed off the next couple days and came home yesterday. Cut up the deer last night.

This seemed to be more nostalgic for him going back to his childhood of big camps, wall tents, and deer hanging in camp.

That's awesome great times and great eating.

 

[Simpleman64]

Great job. Cherish that memory, there's plenty of us on here that wishes we had one more memory to create. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Mica Man]

Thanks for sharing.

 

[tzone]

Very cool!

 

[F250]

Well done ! You will remember that hunt forever. I'm sure your Dad enjoyed the hunt and the memories of many former camps that had game on the game pole.

 

[duckhunt]

Great hunt

 

[SilverDollars]

Howdy. It is a shame that I didn't hunt more with my Dad after I graduated from high school. When I was a small youth, my dad used to go quail hunting using a couple of pointers he had. I wanted to take him on a guided quail hunt sometime as I got older. But, time got away and I didn't. Now Dad is still with me, but at 92 he isn't going hunting anymore. :-( Good move there mevertsen !!!!!

 

[JHB4]

Miss hunting with my old man, congratulations.

 

[iawhitetail3]

Now that is what hunting is all about!!

 

[Festus]

I approve! Good stuff!

 

[mevertsen]

My dad drew a buck tag this year. 061 to 068. We hunted out of Wilson reservoir in 066. He had permission for some private.

He said from the beginning he was going to shoot any legal buck.

We arrived in camp Tuesday. Got set up and went scouting that evening. We found a group of deer in a place he could hunt.

I found the group at first light opening day. They were still moving, so we did a loop around to see if there were any more he could get an opportunity at. The group had a 4x4 and 3 smaller bucks in it.

We then went back around and watched the deer work into a patch of willows about 200 yards from where we could get him. I was able to park the truck about 125 yards from where he could sit down.



After a few minutes, deer started working their way around the willow patch. First 3 does, then the huck he killed.



He missed the first shot, but the buck stayed still not realizing where we were.



The second shot connected, he did a short sprint, spun in a circle and tipped over in less than 10 seconds.



Shot was about 200 yards. 243 with Federal 95 grain BT. Worked last year and did its job this year as well.



Since he can't walk far, I went down, punched the tag, gutted it and drug it up to him.



We were back at camp by 10, got him quartered and into a cooler.



Just enjoyed the rest of the day.



Breaking down camp today then will help my father in law and daughter on their hunts.

 

[2rocky]

Nicely done. In 2020 I went with a friend for a meat buck hunt there. Glad you and your father got to make some more memories there!

 

[jbseamus83]

Fantastic! That's awesome and had to be really nostalgic for him. Congrats!

 

[sierrahunter]

That’s the best kind of hunt.

 

[RadarSFCretired]

was a nice hunt with my son hes got me back into hunting hes an eagle eye when comes to spotting deer