Tanners 1st season

[kojac]

My son Tanner turned 12 in march which means here in montana he can buy his 1st hunting license.

Tanner was pretty excited about the hole getting to hunt deal but I bet dad had him beat.

I also told him he could miss a week of school (as long as his work was made up)to go hunting with the old man so I think that had some influence also.

Tanner has been shooting a Rocky Mtn Recurve that I bought here on tradgang classifieds (from JD Jones) I believe it is 53" and 55#@28" and he pull 24 1/2.

I had planned on making another set of lighter limbs but old Tanner Man insisted he could shoot with the 55# limbs and I'll be darned he was by Aug and I might add that he was shooting the light out of stuff.

Tanner has spent a fair amount of time hunting with me in the past but even so I was pretty surprise how calm, cool and calective he was when he was covered-up with deer. The kid's insticts are way beyond where I was at that age.

It took a few stands before a buck would give him a shoot he felt he should take but in time he did.

One arrow shot at 15yrds and 60yrd blood trail with this at the end:  
   


a couple days later him and I make meat for a double.

   

"A HUNTERS LIFE IS GOOD"

[michael kavouklis]

congrats man. spending time with your son in the outdoors is one of the best things you could possibly do with him. He will always remember his first bow you got him and his first hunt with you

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Whoa! He's off to a great start!

[d. ward]

Outstanding hunt there guys.bowdoc

[bbassi]

That's Fantastic! Way to go Tanner!

[Guru]

Brian and Tanner....a huge congratulations          


Very, Very cool!!

[Hattrick]

THAT AS GOOD AS GETS!!!      

[Whip]

Great deer, but even better is the chance to share something like that with your son.  I'll bet you were just busting apart at the seams with pride!
Congratulations to both of you!

[Robert Warnock]

Great story and pictures.I know you and your son are having a blast.

[hunt it]

Congrats to both of you. Great shooting Tanner!

[swp]

The smiles say it all.  

[SteveD]

Wow that is fantastic. Congrats

[vermonster13]

       

[MI_Bowhunter]

Awesome!!   Congrats!!!

         

[bloodyarrow]

       

[Jack Denbow]

Way cool.

[Ybuck]

WOW! Congratulations young man!     That is a great buck ya got there!
And Dad, my hats off to you.  

[kojac]

this has been a pretty special season for this bowhunter.

The story of Tanners doe is a pretty neat one, I got down from my stand a little early because I saw that some deer  were winding me and others were slipping  between us (my wind was not going to work as I had planed). I felt I should save the stand for a better wind night and bump a group of deer to Tanner. I bumped them exactly as I had wanted and the plan came together just as I had hoped but all I see Tanner is just sitting there looking at them as they go bye one after another, his bow wasn't even up for crying out loud. I get up to his stand a little grumbly at this point and ask "why on earth is he not shooting one of the doe's I put into his lap." He lookes at me with this "duh dad, kind of looks" on his face and said, "What do you want me to shoot another one!? I shot one 5 minutes ago!"

As it turns out we decided to follow up in the morning because the shot may have been a little far back but he did say he saw alot of blood pouring out of her which is always a good sign.

So we sat down in a irrigation ditch for an hour or better because our wind was not the best for our departure than we walked out in the dark, just in case.

The next morning we sat my stand location again and I shot the buck during this morning stand with tanner in a tree close by. As it turned out my bucks blood trail went right over the top of Tanners dead doe and the buck died in the ditch that him and I layed in the night before just 15yrds from his doe.

I was onto some other bucks with a little more size but the memories of this hunt with Tanner and I together made it a season and story to remember for sure!

[ron w]

Fantastic, good job for both of you, best wishes and now back to school.....lol!  Well done.

[Jerry Wald]

I know jealousy will get me nowhere so nowhere I will be

That's wonderful:thumbsup:

Jer Bear