JayHHI6818
Silver $$ Contributor
My daughter Emily, age 17 said she wanted to wanted to go deer hunting so we went down to our WV property on Dec 28. Friday we went to the range on for her to shoot the Encore rifle with a 17 inch 257 JDJ barrel. She shot 20 rounds and was shooting 1.5 inch 100 yd groups with it.
Pull into the farm at 7 AM get dressed and walk 10 yds from car and I see a doe standing on pipeline right of way, 200 yds away!!!!!! By the time I explain where it is to her only for her to see a tail in the air and a deer running away from us!!! We see nothing and head back to car for lunch. Around 2:30 we're watching a another pipeline right of way and I see a deer 70 yds from us. OK E here is your chance, nice easy shot, rest your gun on the fence post.... Dad it is too CUTE to SHOOT!!!!!!! Wish I would have video taped our conservation for the next 10 minutes. E Its to small, J Tender eating, E its to small, J easy to drag, E too CUTE. I have seen German Shepard's bigger than this deer so I let E off the hook for not shooting it. I just really enjoyed our time together. We ended up going back down to WV on Monday Dec 30 for another fun filled day. Jumped 1 deer all day. Last year was the fewest deer I have every seen in my 25 years of hunting on our property. Mike that hunts property behind us said he hears coyotes 3-4 time a week. He's trapping for then and has caught 3.
Emily's favorite position in the car!
Pull into the farm at 7 AM get dressed and walk 10 yds from car and I see a doe standing on pipeline right of way, 200 yds away!!!!!! By the time I explain where it is to her only for her to see a tail in the air and a deer running away from us!!! We see nothing and head back to car for lunch. Around 2:30 we're watching a another pipeline right of way and I see a deer 70 yds from us. OK E here is your chance, nice easy shot, rest your gun on the fence post.... Dad it is too CUTE to SHOOT!!!!!!! Wish I would have video taped our conservation for the next 10 minutes. E Its to small, J Tender eating, E its to small, J easy to drag, E too CUTE. I have seen German Shepard's bigger than this deer so I let E off the hook for not shooting it. I just really enjoyed our time together. We ended up going back down to WV on Monday Dec 30 for another fun filled day. Jumped 1 deer all day. Last year was the fewest deer I have every seen in my 25 years of hunting on our property. Mike that hunts property behind us said he hears coyotes 3-4 time a week. He's trapping for then and has caught 3.
Emily's favorite position in the car!
