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Price, it's all about the price
Its that time. Granddaughters are ready.
2014, Took the oldest to TM Hunting where she slayed her first, 220ish yards, big doe, with her new MuddyGirl 243 Savage. (This after many trips that were good for practice sitting all day long but not so good for seeing deer.)
2015, Took both Grandaughters on a Sept Low Country Hunt to Andrews SC, where the oldest promptly missed 5 large bucks in three nights (all within 150 yards, all clean low misses. Eyes closed shooting! I think we have that fixed now, we'll see on Saturday evening at her uncles place. I have a blind, sticks, seats and a 30 yard shooting lane set up for her. Hopefully she won't be plowing furrows again this year.)
And where youngest was presented with 5 deer in two evenings hunting of which she decided to take a fine big bodied 4 point at 125 yards with Myra The Mini (an original and scoped 180 series Mini14 in caliber .223 using Winchester grey box 55g SP.) A superb broad side quartering to her and we recovered the bullet after about 28" of penetration near the inside of the off side ham. (That bullet will be bedded in clear epoxy next week or so and presented to her for Christmas as a necklace....her "Boars Tooth". And then the next evening, she decided to take a medium large button at 80 yards with a frontal shot. That bullet exited the off side rear....who says a 223 with 55g SPs aint enough gun? Don't tell youngin, she'll show ya different.
And tomorrow, me and youngest will be back at TM Hunting looking out for Bucks and Does (any size she wants) or a boar and any predators that happen to show. This will be youngest's first dark to dark sit (unless she scores early).
Got her outfitted in Paps hunting cloths. They grow so fast, she shifted from her stuff to my old fat man stuff since last season. But, even after a discussion of whether or not to wear girl underwear with long johns (she decided its more comfortable with just the long johns {agreeing with me for once}) and knowing it'll be cold and long and potentially kinda dull if no game shows up, .....
She said to me:
"I havn't been feeling well, but its hunting and we are going, sick or not. One of the things I look forward to on Friday is the rush I'll know I'll get if a deer comes out and especially if I can make a kill."
Yep.
She's got the bug, but good.
2014, Took the oldest to TM Hunting where she slayed her first, 220ish yards, big doe, with her new MuddyGirl 243 Savage. (This after many trips that were good for practice sitting all day long but not so good for seeing deer.)
2015, Took both Grandaughters on a Sept Low Country Hunt to Andrews SC, where the oldest promptly missed 5 large bucks in three nights (all within 150 yards, all clean low misses. Eyes closed shooting! I think we have that fixed now, we'll see on Saturday evening at her uncles place. I have a blind, sticks, seats and a 30 yard shooting lane set up for her. Hopefully she won't be plowing furrows again this year.)
And where youngest was presented with 5 deer in two evenings hunting of which she decided to take a fine big bodied 4 point at 125 yards with Myra The Mini (an original and scoped 180 series Mini14 in caliber .223 using Winchester grey box 55g SP.) A superb broad side quartering to her and we recovered the bullet after about 28" of penetration near the inside of the off side ham. (That bullet will be bedded in clear epoxy next week or so and presented to her for Christmas as a necklace....her "Boars Tooth". And then the next evening, she decided to take a medium large button at 80 yards with a frontal shot. That bullet exited the off side rear....who says a 223 with 55g SPs aint enough gun? Don't tell youngin, she'll show ya different.
And tomorrow, me and youngest will be back at TM Hunting looking out for Bucks and Does (any size she wants) or a boar and any predators that happen to show. This will be youngest's first dark to dark sit (unless she scores early).
Got her outfitted in Paps hunting cloths. They grow so fast, she shifted from her stuff to my old fat man stuff since last season. But, even after a discussion of whether or not to wear girl underwear with long johns (she decided its more comfortable with just the long johns {agreeing with me for once}) and knowing it'll be cold and long and potentially kinda dull if no game shows up, .....
She said to me:
"I havn't been feeling well, but its hunting and we are going, sick or not. One of the things I look forward to on Friday is the rush I'll know I'll get if a deer comes out and especially if I can make a kill."
Yep.
She's got the bug, but good.
