Finally got it done!

[davidlt89]

So it has been a long haul for my middle son this hunting season. He drew a doe permit and I wanted to get him out as much as I could so he could fill it.
Pretty much, this has been after school on Thursday's and Friday's, on my days off. The first week it was just Thursday, which was not bad because we did not hit the time change yet, so we had 2.5 hours.
After the time change, we only had about an hour and a half on each night, which is tough.
The first night out we saw two does on posted property. The second time out we didn't see anything. The third time out he got a hard shot at a buck that was over 200 yards away and almost back to us. The fourth time out we saw 3 deer, one was this big girl. He got a shot but there was a ton of fog and again right around 200 yards, no dice.
The 5th time out, he got a chance to redeem himself at this big girl again. We first saw her over 300 yards away. we managed to creep in and cut off 100 yards on the shot. We set up the steady styx and the rest is history.
This doe weighed in at 165lbs dressed, pretty impressive. I did not think she weighed that much but I knew she was heavy.
The gun in question was my Remington 700 XCR RMEF 7mm mag loaded up with 160gr Nosler Accubonds.
I have one happy kid now and some more meat for the freezer....God is good.

garett deer by David LeTourneau, on Flickr

garett deer 2 by David LeTourneau, on Flickr

[Hunterbug]

That's a nice doe. Good for him.

[Jamie.270]

Congratulations to Garett!


And great job Dad, for keeping the tradition(s) alive in the next generation.

[j0e_bl0ggs (deceased)]

Nice!

[gitano]

I didn't see this post until today. Congratulations �� Garett! Nice deer!

Paul

[sakorick]

Nice doe.....some good eatin' there!

[branxhunter]

Well done!

Marcus