Last weekend I had the chance to take my daughter, aka Scoot, on what has become an annual hunt. MI has a 4 day early antlerless season. Its the perfect time to take her. Its warm, there is a good chance we'll see deer, and I don't care if I get a shot. I was hoping we could get out a couple evenings, but sometimes life gets in the way. Last year, we sat on the opposite side of this field. I wanted to be far enough away from where I knew they would enter it. That way we would see a lot of deer without spooking them before they got into the alfalfa. This year, we set up closer in hopes of maybe seeing some up close. We hid the blind pretty well in a stand of popples, and got settled in. We knew they would leave the woods from the right... ...and enter the alfalfa. A couple times I heard deer as they ran off. Scoot isn't the quietest hunter, and thats ok. We did get to watch a few from a distance. You have to keep kids entertained when the hunting is slow. See, texting while hunting is cool! The evening came to an end without any close encounters. This has quickly become my favorite hunt of the season.
The best part of all these pics is the simple fact that your introducing her to the outdoors, def give you props for taking YOUR time to take a kid hunting. Way to keep the tradition alive. Great pics, very enjoyable!
