My pager went off!

[Bonebuster]

At seven this evening my pager went off while I was still at work. My home number appeared. This is usually not good news. I phoned home, bracing myself for the news to come.

Long story short, my twelve yr old son made a perfect shot on a doe from a low hanging stand in the creek bottom beside our house. There was some tracking to do!!!!!!!!

I asked all the usual questions... including arrow placement. With confidence he responded "it was good,... real good". He took the shot at 6:30 pm, and it was now 8:30.

As he was taught, he burned the details into his mind, and he silently backed out. The hit site showed nothing, but fifteen yards in the direction she went, we were greeted with a blood trail from heaven. Fifty yards further and there she was. Both lungs. Not the biggest deer in the woods, but a trophy to us no less!

He is one happy boy, and there are no words for how I feel. Last year he took a doe with a compound. (His first) This year, a spike fell to his "06" during the youth hunt in September.

He was more than ready to accept the challenge of a recurve this year.

His bow is a 58" Maple/glass laminate made by Darton archery back in the seventies. At 26" he is pulling 39lbs. His arrows are 410 grain total weight Carbon Express with Zwickey Eskimos on the end. Not a pass thru, but complete penetration, with nothing but the fletching visible. Not a set up for moose, but our local whitetails had best not get within fifteen yards.

The spike went mostly to jerky. I have taken two does with my recurve so far, and now with this one our freezer is full.

Now with the cold mornings of November looming, its time to show him and his little brother more of the secrets of the rut. And do some squirrel hunting.

My wife is going to try and figure out how to post some pictures!

[SlowBowinMO]

Awesome stuff, the kids make it even better don't they?  

[vermonster13]

Awesome indeed. Congratulations all around!

Point your wife here for how to post pics.

http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=045582

[Whip]

That is cool!  Far better than any deer you ever shot yourself, I'm sure!
Congratulations to you both      

[DW]

EXCELLENT!!!!!                  

[R.W.]

Well, I guess some paged messages ARE worth the time to answer!  

Congratulations to the young archer!

[Pat B.]

Congrats to your son !

[peak98]

CONGTATS !!!
you gotta get him on here to tell the story in his own words.....and some pics of course.

[MW]

I bet he was grinning ear to ear!

Wonderful!

[Gil]

Congrats!!
Gil

[Jason R. Wesbrock]

Outstanding!!!

[Alsea]

That's livin' large Bonebuster! Congrats to the lad! Has he got a name?? How about some pics!

[flatlander37]

Man, that's awesome!  My younger brother(27) is a compound shooter and he had a marginal shot on a doe this weekend.  We tracked her for 350-400 yards on a on again/off again blood trail through the thickest cedar patches on the farm.  I got so many chiggers it's pitiful.  I told him he owes me when I get a shot at a deer!

[BamBooBender]

My home number appeared. This is usually not good news. I phoned home, bracing myself for the news to come.

I feel ya on that man.

Congrats to your son for the deer! I bet you're one proud papa.    

[madness522]

Outstanding!!  Tell your son congratulations!!

[the Ferret]

     Congrats to the lad!

Can't wait to see the pics

[Wulomac]

Congrats to the young man and the proud papa!

[tim roberts]

That is cool!  

[strick9]

I do not have a child of my own but have sorta adopted my girlfriends boy .. I can not wait to let him read this he is all about it... One day it will happen for him.. awesome story..

[crittergitter]

Very nice! I cant wait until I get to experience that with my son Noah.