J got his deer today as a mentor hunter under Grandpa's tag. Grandpa can't really lift a gun anymore, so J did it for him. Part of the story-They saw the head and antlers of a deer. S shot and missed, J shot and got him. (He was interested to note that last year his deer was 10-7-07 and this year was 10-8-08.) Grandpa's comment was that J doesn't get too excited does he? S gets buck fever pretty bad, but J is actually quite calm. Which is why he got such a clean shot. It is a great story and you should hear it from one of the two sources. Three, counting Grandpa. It was one of the biggest white tails I have ever seen on the back of a truck..Grandpa said it will be a long time until J gets another one that size and he was proud to have given J the chance to shoot him.
As you can see, he has 3 sticky up points and when you include the eye guard and the other one, there are 5. So, if you talk to some persons, he got a 10 pointer...others will say it is 5. All in all, it is a pretty nice deer! Grandpa only gutted out half of it, S had to do the rest when they got home!
These are the gicky pix. On the second one you can see where J's shot went in and out the lungs.
(also note: it has a very thick coat of fat...it is going to be a cold winter!)
This guy was so large, S couldn't even get his hand around half of his neck! We are all pretty impressed with J, J is impressed, too!!! Thank you, God! Now, S needs to get a deer. We only hope its not a forked horn!
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Did he want to mount the head? And what is wrong w/a forked horn...
The Farmer's Almanac online already said that it was going to be a colder winter with another late summer. But good to know that the animals can verify what the Almanac says.
Nice looking animal, venison for quite some time. Another Christmas present hint: Jerky.
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