|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
Banned
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Columbus, OH
Posts: 18,162
|
I got my buck this year
No, I'm not posting a picture of a 3 point. I don't want the guys from Montana laughing at me.
 My dad also got one, the day before out of the same blind. We were about 130 miles north of Green Bay, WI. Froze my arse off, but it paid off. Odd time to get a deer. Just before 3pm, I had just got settled in to sit for the end of the day. Another hunter scared him up into me. Worst possible position, over my right shoulder. He comes up, sees my blind, and winds me just as I lean forward to take a look. He disappears into thick brush and heads down hill, well outside my shooting lanes. I'm twisted in my chair and leaning trying to pick him. I finally see him about 50 yards out in thick brush, partially blocked by trees, heading directly away from me. I didn't want to hit him in the guts, so I aimed high and squeezed off a round. He goes down. I scramble out, and head towards him. Deer is down, but not mortally wounded. I got close, took careful aim and put him down. It was great to call my dad. He picks up, and the first thing I say is, 'bring the sled'. I'm almost 42, but he still swells with pride if I get a deer, like I was 14. Its a 10 hour drive in the truck from Ann Arbor to Crystal Falls, MI where we hunt. My dad is starting to talk about his own mortality and his failing eye sight. He has known the ambiguities and trials of being a 40 something. It was good talking to the old man. I'm going to miss the him when he's gone. I live in a cosmopolitan world, one that I'm not a perfect fit for. My dad is a tough, resourceful outdoorsman. Were both happy sitting around a fire listening to the coyotes sing and drinking whisky. I fear we are a dying breed. The cabin we hunt from is on Lake Mary, outside Crystal Falls. When I took this photo, there wasn't a human sound to be heard. 
|
||
11-23-2011, 10:30 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Fla panhandle / Roaming in my motorhome
Posts: 4,332
|
Sounds like you got the very best out of your hunting trip. Glad for ya!
Cheers Richard |
||
|
11-23-2011, 10:51 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
Posts: 48,506
|
__________________
"Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a radiator in the front, that's not very intelligent." -Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.) |
||
|
11-23-2011, 11:38 PM
|
|
|
Vafri
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Worldwide
Posts: 2,144
|
Excellent! It's good to spend fleeting quality time.
|
||
|
11-24-2011, 12:02 AM
|
|
|
UnRegistered User
|
Excellent story!
Hope he is of the tasty grain fed variety!
__________________
Bill K. "I started out with nothin and I still got most of it left...." 83 911 SC Guards Red (now gone) And I sold a bunch of parts I hadn't installed yet. |
||
|
11-24-2011, 04:08 AM
|
|
|
MAGA
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 10,768
|
Hope you have many more years of hunting with your dad.... congrats
__________________
German autos: '79 911 SC, '87 951, '03 330i, '08 Cayenne, '13 Cayenne 0% Liberal Men do not quit playing because they get old.... They get old because they quit playing. |
||
|
11-24-2011, 04:47 AM
|
|
|
|
19 years and 17k posts...
|
Congratulations!!!
__________________
Art Zasadny 1974 Porsche 911 Targa "Helga" (Sold, back home in Germany) Learning the bass guitar Driving Ford company cars now... www.ford.com |
||
|
11-24-2011, 04:59 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Reno, NV
Posts: 5,941
|
Congrates!, I miss those Mi hunting days.. ALWAYS hunted Thanksgiving morning, then watched the lions and had dinner at Grandparents house..
__________________
"Todd" 98 Tahoe ,2007 Saturn Vue 86 930 black and stock, 80 930 blue tracdog 91 Spec Miata (yeah I race a chick car) "life"ll kill ya" Warren Zevon |
||
|
11-24-2011, 05:12 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Maryland
Posts: 31,419
|
Quote:
Jack and I head out Saturday. He's been bow hunting this year but hasn't had one in his range.
__________________
1996 FJ80. |
||
|
11-24-2011, 05:30 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Lake Cle Elum - Eastern WA.
Posts: 8,417
|
Enjoy the quality time with your father. Memories you'll have forever. Always great to get a deer too. Good job.
__________________
Bob S. 73.5 911T 1969 911T Coo' pay (one owner) 1960 Mercedes 190SL 1962 XKE Roadster (sold) - 13 motorcycles |
||
|
11-24-2011, 06:42 AM
|
|
|
Registered
|
three point?!!! awesome. compared to my non existent deer.
this year i am sad to report that all my meat comes from "frank" the butcher. i am a horrible hunter. i do have fun tho.
__________________
poof! gone |
||
|
11-24-2011, 08:12 AM
|
|
|
Registered
|
Congratulations! Got mine last weekend. Venison in the freezer!
__________________
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- "There is nothing to be learned from the second kick of a mule" - Mark Twain |
||
|
11-24-2011, 10:49 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Reno, NV
Posts: 5,941
|
That is a monster!!!
|
||
|
11-24-2011, 11:02 AM
|
|
|
Registered
|
Congrats HD...great times. Bringing home the meat is just icing on the cake. I got mine opening day in SoCal...20 minutes and out. +1 Craigster, things a toad!!!
__________________
Jim 76 911s 3.6l Track Car 05 Ferrari F-430 "If its worth doing...it's worth doing to excess" |
||
|
11-24-2011, 11:08 AM
|
|
|
Banned
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Columbus, OH
Posts: 18,162
|
Holy Moses! Nice deer guys.
BTW, as we speak, my wife is making shami kababs using my venison. Smells great. Shami Kabab Recipe, Mughlai Shami Kabab Receipe |
||
|
11-24-2011, 11:15 AM
|
|
|
Registered
|
That's not me. A buck that was shot a few days ago in Ohio. We don't have anything that big in my neck of the woods.
__________________
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- "There is nothing to be learned from the second kick of a mule" - Mark Twain |
||
|
11-24-2011, 11:18 AM
|
|
|
A Man of Wealth and Taste
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Out there somewhere beyond the doors of perception
Posts: 51,063
|
BAMBI...you shot BAMBI!!!!!
__________________
Copyright "Some Observer" |
||
|
11-24-2011, 11:38 AM
|
|
|
Registered
|
Quote:
__________________
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- "There is nothing to be learned from the second kick of a mule" - Mark Twain |
||
|
11-24-2011, 11:46 AM
|
|
|
|
jake61
|
Sounds like a trophy hunt to me! I was 14 when my dad died,he was just 42.Cherish the memory of your hunt together.John szabo
Last edited by johnkszabo; 11-24-2011 at 05:00 PM.. Reason: typo |
||
|
11-24-2011, 04:56 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Maryland
Posts: 31,419
|
We had a good but fruitless hunt today. My son saw two yearlings not in season. I was on the other side of the farm working on the ground along my place and my neighbors and with the exception of the parade of squirrels, say zippy.
Didn't really matter. We had a great time. I hope Jack recalls these days with the same fondness you have for hunting with your Dad, HD.
__________________
1996 FJ80. |
||
|
11-26-2011, 06:09 AM
|
|
1983 Porsche SC
MazdaSpeed3
1983 Porsche 911sc Cabriolet 3.0
2005 Ferrari F-430
Payne-Killer
1976 Porsche 911
1983 Porsche Euro SC
1977 Ford Bronco
