Point Blank

Well I had the privilege of taking Michael Parker out for his final youth season. We started out with an evening hunt at Coleman's on Friday night. As usual, nothing. It has never been an evening spot yet I continue to believe it may be. With an evening to plan and decide, we concluded that returning to Coleman's was our best option. Nick and Micheal picked me up at from the Freeseman residence at we made our way to the multi-stemmed maple. Not five minutes after sun-up, Michael informs us that there are deer in the hawthorns. Both Nick and I reposition ourselves as a doe and two fawns poke out from behind the stand in the corner. They cut across to our right and seemingly into the woods but instead come right at us. They were close to begin with but this was ridiculous. Nick left the little camera on in his pocket by accident so by sheer luck all he had to do was point and click:

At a mere 20 feet  Michael made a great shot. needless to say, she went down within sight. We couldn't have planned it any better.

How can you argue with a smile like that!

 After taking care of gutting we walked around a little to see what my TSI had accomplished and it was wonderful to see progress. My spruce trees were still alive and growing, and the acre we cut open was just a twisted overgrown mess; which is awesome. After checking everything out we decided breakfast was a good idea and it was time to go. Friday evening we told our usual hunting stories and Dad mentioned something that he did many years ago and it seemed like to good of an idea not to try it; the meat pole.

We were able to keep the deer from flattening the beans by this method and Nick and Micheal carried her all the way to the truck. This invariably left me with the rest of our equipment. Great day to be out and great end to Michael's youth seasons. No rookie excuses now!




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