Yesterday afternoon my son and my self hunted at a buddies place that is strictly managed. My son has been hunting for 4 years now and we haven't had the opportunity for him to kill a rack deer yet. He has killed a bunch of doe and a spike and he has passed on a few bucks because he wanted to shoot something that he could mount. Well yesterday at about 5:20 a very good buck walks out with 2 doe. He was a 8 point that will score about 125 or so inches. While texting with my buddy to make sure he is something that we can shoot the buck and the 2 doe walk out of the food plot. the look od disappointment that came across the face of this 10 yr old boy was unreal. I felt oh so terrible for him. But it was at that point that I realized that my boy was hunting for all the right reasons. To be just 10 and to see the passion that he has for hunting makes me very proud. We spend a lot of time in the woods and it will eventually pay off for him. For his sake I hope its sooner than later. Turns out that we made the right decision by not just going ahead and shooting that buck. They saw this same deer during bow season and haven't seen him since. He is only about 3 yrs old and will score around 125 to 130 inches. so the right decision was made but you try telling that to a 10 yr old who was never had that opportunity before! Hopefully he will get another chance this year if not we will wait it out. Maybe corny to some people but I just thought I would share this.
