Opening day...
My daughter Amber watched a 4 pointer go thru without offering her a shot and then it proceeded past me at 20 yards.
Day 2
Amber and I sat in the same stands 250 yards apart hoping to see that 4 point again.
She was sitting in my buddy, Jeff's stand while he sat in a new stand deeper in the woods.
At 7:10 I saw a deer's rear end in the tall grass headed toward Amber.
An hour later I heard 1 shot. 10 minutes later Amber signaled me to come over..........
Amber's point of view....
I saw a buck with 3 or 4 points on 1 side and knew he was a decent size deer. I didn’t have a shot so I watched, and waited. He bedded down right behind a pine tree. I watched and waited more.
An hour later, he finally got up. After a couple minutes he gave me a quartering away shot. He stopped, and I took the shot. I didn’t see where he went but I heard him "crash".
My dad came over and located the deer, drug him to me and went down to get the 4 wheeler. He said "this one is gonna be on our wall"
Our friend Jeff came out since he heard us talking. He thought I shot the spikehorn that walked right under his stand, and towards me.
"Nope" I shot the 8 pointer instead" For some reason he wants this stand back for himself.
My (Dad's) point of view again.....
Amber did everything right. She was patient, quiet, and accurate from lots of practice. The buck went down in less than 35 yards from the shotgun slug she delivered perfectly.
He was following doe's who had spent the summer/fall on one of our Whitetail Institute food plots. He's her first and will always be the greatest buck ever to me. Amber was excited while I was insane with adrenaline for days. Thanks Whitetail Institute for great products. You have a lifelong, repeat customer here.
