October 31st youth season. A night of firsts.
I was lucky enough to take my 14 year old cousin on the youth hunt on October 31st. It was Dustin’s first ever deer hunt and it was not without some GREAT action. We got on stand around 3:30 Saturday afternoon. We had not even sat down yet and there was a very nice 150 inch 10 pointer in the bean field to our left. He was way out of range for the rifle Dustin was using, but how awesome is it to have the first deer you see on your first ever hunt be a monster buck like that? We were pretty pumped up to say the least. We watched him feed for just a minute and he walked off into the timber. We then had a small doe come out 85 yards in front of us. We watched her come out and feed in the beans off and on for an hour. During that time we had a mature doe and two smaller bucks come out into the bean field. The bucks actually locked horns and sparred for a while. Eventually walking off to the West of us. Some hunters can go a lifetime without seeing a 150 class buck or two bucks lock horns. Dustin got to see both in one night!! We seen a total of 14 deer from 3:30 to dark. It was almost non-stop action. Dustin ended up getting a doe that night. Made a very nice shot and dropeed her where she stood. Really fun experience and a memorable one for Dustin as well.
Hank