Deer season started with youth weekend. Brad was torn on when he wanted to go. We usually go on friday right when school gets out. This year his buddy Brandon Meza was having a party on the saturday of youth weekend. I don’t want to burn Brad out on hunting so I told him it was ok, he could go to the party. We also had the football playoff game that morning. So we would only be missing one hunt. Mady had a big party saturday night so she wanted to stay home anyway. She said it was ok and she would shoot a deer later in the year which she has done since then. I feel like it is ok and don’t worry about her. She enjoys hunting but doesn’t make a big 
deal about going everytime. I can see her starting to be layed back about things she likes such as hunting. She does
n’t feel the pressure to please me but still has an interest in going. While Brad is so worried he is gonna let me down. I wish he understood that no matter what, he is the greatest boy in the world to me.
deal about going everytime. I can see her starting to be layed back about things she likes such as hunting. She does
n’t feel the pressure to please me but still has an interest in going. While Brad is so worried he is gonna let me down. I wish he understood that no matter what, he is the greatest boy in the world to me.So I pick Brad up at Meza’s and we get to lease that evening. We get up and sit in the stand. Around daybreak his feet get cold so he takes his boots off and puts themn up under my jacket to get them warm againest my stomach. He goes to sleep and I am scanning the tree line. Around 7:30 a group of does come out in front to the left toward our black feeder. I wake him up and get him the gun. Four come out. I tell him to pick the biggest one and he says ok, ok I got it. I click off the
safety and he shoots. Good hit and the does dives into the woods. Well he has shot many a deer in the last 4 years but ne
ver without his shoes on!!!!hahahaha! That was a first. So we put his shoes on and went and got his Doe.
safety and he shoots. Good hit and the does dives into the woods. Well he has shot many a deer in the last 4 years but ne
ver without his shoes on!!!!hahahaha! That was a first. So we put his shoes on and went and got his Doe.That evening we sat in the same stand. Brad did his same act of falling asleep. I watched and sure enough a small spike comes walking out. I wake him up and hand him the gun. This is the first time I didn’t set it up for him. He took it and brought it to his shoulder and found it in the scope himself. All I did was pull it off safety when he was ready. He made a good shot but it was a little high. The deer fell in the woods and I had to shoot it in the head when we walked up. Youth weekend was a success. Two deer for my big deer slaying dude. He was excited and we came on home.
Mady waited until the second weekend. I took her to centerville just me and her. Rick was there with Devin so it was just us four. We sat in the same stand she shot her coyote in last year but we didn’t see anything. Rick made a big pot of deer stew and Mady kept Devin entertained that night. Me and Rick s
at on the porch and visited for a little while an
d then we called it a night. the next morning we sat at another stand. Two small bucks came out. one looked legal and Mady kept telling me ” I promise dad I promise it’s legal” I looked and looked and finally said ok. The gun was up and I said wait, wait, wait, then I said ok, go ahead and shoo……BANG!!! She shot and dropped him before I could even get the word shoot out all the way.
at on the porch and visited for a little while an
d then we called it a night. the next morning we sat at another stand. Two small bucks came out. one looked legal and Mady kept telling me ” I promise dad I promise it’s legal” I looked and looked and finally said ok. The gun was up and I said wait, wait, wait, then I said ok, go ahead and shoo……BANG!!! She shot and dropped him before I could even get the word shoot out all the way.Well we cleaned him and iced him down and she was happy. We stayed that afternoon but didn’t see anything so we came on home. It was a great trip especially since me and mady were there just me and her together. She is a special girl who I hope her future husband appreciates and I’ll tell you why.
We are on our way home and going over the toll bridge. She says, “dad you know what I wanna do?” I say “what’s that?” she says, ” I want to go on a trip far away and shoot a huge buck using a guide” I said, baby we can do that and I’ll start setting it up. Then she says “well that is one of my goals, I really have three” I ask what the other two are and she replies, ” I wanna shoot an elk and I wanna catch a shark” I say Mady those are two things I would love to help you accomplish.
She is such an awesome kid. She makes me happy and melts my heart.
Ya’ll be safe out there!!
