- Joined
- May 19, 2005
- Messages
- 3,896
- Reaction score
- 3,345
Went hunting with my two grandsons and my son on PA's opening day this past Monday. My son and his son was in one tree stand about 100yds from us and me and my daughters son hunted in another double treestand. It was pretty slow with very little shooting. Around 9AM two does a 1.5yr old and fawn came walking by about 30 yds in front of us. My grandson asked should he shoot and I told him I think you can do better as I thought the 1.5yr old was a little small. Plus looking at the fawn it must have been a late born as it was real small. I told him the fawn might not survive with out its mother. So he lowered his rifle and just watched them go by. About an hour later my other grandson shot and we saw several deer run through the woods, but did not offer us a shot. The funny thing is they hung up in a small clump of woods just at the edge of a field and stayed there. I called my son and he said he thinks his son missed the big doe. The funny thing is she just kinda stayed in the thick brush and moved very little. My son's son saw her, but could not get a good shot at her and didn't want to wound her. So he just waited and hope she would offer him a better shot, that never came. My son told me that if my other grandson who was hunting with me could get a shot at her to take it. Well what seemed like forever, my grandson finally saw her and had a hard time keeping the cross hairs steady. I told him to lower the rifle, take a few breaths, rest his one arm on the railing and just relax. Well it must have worked caused he shot shortly there after. With the smoke and all he asked if he got her. I said I couldn't tell with the smoke, brushe etc, plus I did not see her fall, run off or nothing. So I quickly reloaded his ML (White 451 shooting my 350gr HP with 65gr of 777-3F). With that my son called me on the phone and said "GREAT SHOT", at the shot she just dropped where she was standing.
Well we all got down from our tree stands and walked over to her. As it turned out, my son's son actually did hit her, but caught her in the stomach which is why she probably did not move much. My daughters son shot caught her in the neck. I asked him where did he aim and he said behind the shoulder about midway. So a Great Shot turned out to be a Lucky Shot, but I got to give the kid credit at least he was honest.
Well we all got down from our tree stands and walked over to her. As it turned out, my son's son actually did hit her, but caught her in the stomach which is why she probably did not move much. My daughters son shot caught her in the neck. I asked him where did he aim and he said behind the shoulder about midway. So a Great Shot turned out to be a Lucky Shot, but I got to give the kid credit at least he was honest.
