Well,after waiting for year for my son to funally get to go bowhunting with me,it finally came this weekend.It was quite the interesting weekend to say the least. I have a double set in a little crabapple orchard that I decided would be the perfect spot for him to open with.I decided to walk us in the long way trying to avoid the bedding areas and slip in from the backside.Well,with the winter ice storms we had this year and all the tree tops broken,the "forest" floor is completely overgrown with weeds head high.This made the hike that much more "interesting". There was some rain in the area but I wasn't concerned with a little rain but little did I know that as soon as I got in the stand and got our bowhangers hung and safety ropes attached to the tree and we both get settled in that the skies would open up and the lightning would start.There was no way I was going to keep my son in a tree with a bow in a lightning storm so we packed up,literally 5 minutes into the hunt and made a mad dash back to the truck(the short way this time).Which,we promptly got hung up on the way out. Had to call a friend to pull us out.I told my son later,well you have experience the good and the bad of hunting today,he calmly asked,What was the good. After some miscommunication with him supposedly going dove hunting Sunday,he didn't get to hunt with me. Well,this afternoon I took him to a well traveled deer and turkey spot at H&H wildlife preserve,a spot Germ knows well,he saw a big buck here last year while his release was in his pack. I set up the blind and the wait was on.We got in early to be sure we would beat the public crowd and maybe discourage anyone else from moving in on us and I assume it worked,we were setup by 3.00 pm and saw no one.At about 6:45 I saw some turkeys moving down the firebreak just like Germ and I had discussed hunting them in this area and the plan worked to perfection,except for 1 thing.My son apparently rushed the shot and missed at 5 yards.I really thought he hit her but after inspecting the arrow,it was a clean miss.I had planned on filming it but it happened too fast for me to even turn the camera on.I tried to call the birds back in and they talked to me and I saw other birds roosting but none came back in. So to say the least,it was an interesting weekend. BUT it was fun.
Now for some pics. Notice the smile for the first bow hunt ever.Also notice how dry it is. A little pic together. Son hooking up the bows after I got the safety straps in the trees and the bowhangers hung. The only pic before the skies opened up. Waiting on the turkeys to show from the blind.
cool man!!! hope to be posting up a few pics of LilSevenMag later this season... its always exciting to see the next gen takin up the cause, congrats dad!!!!
If everything went according to plan... what fun would that be?? LOL Sounds like an interesting weekend. Best of luck to your boy and you !! Tim
Walmart boy ask about you last night. Good to see you out hunting with your son. So hunting those fire breaks is a go at H&H for Turkeys, I knew it, LOL Just don't drop your water bottle, LOL Might want to try where Walmart boy killed that Giant BB and missed that doe. Everytime I hunted that spot I had deer by me, Walmart boy also.
this is gonna be an interesting memoir of 2009. i am excited to follow you and your son's hunting adventures
Sounds like you had an awesome time regardless of the outcome ! Don't think I can make it out to H&H this year...too many other things planned. Hopefully next year !
The fire breaks are definately the way to go.They were cruising in before dark to roost.I am sure they will cruise out in the mornings as well.We sam several more birds flying up to roost up the break a little ways.AND,like you said,we kept our calls at home as well as the decoys.Not sure what good they would do this time of year anyway. We were going to go over where WB killed that monster but I changed my mind on the drive over.We couldn't go up and around the way we went in scouting due to the underbrush so we cut around when we got to the point where we saw the deer from the road. Yes Rickmur,in Ky,turkey season comes in with deer and stays in the whole season for archery equipment.We get 4 1/2 months of both. Sorry to hear that flstnd,hopefully we can get a few together.
Cool man! Always great to see another father and son having a great time in the outdoors together, reguardless of the weather.
Great pics Fox--I really hope my son wants to hunt with me one day. He is 5 and loves to "hunt" in the woods with me, or basically sneak around and spot deer.
That's great that you can go after both deer and turkeys with the bow. It's great to see young ones out there learning the sport. It must be awesome for you to share that with him.
Todd thats still a great day bud! Aint it cool to have him hunting with you now!! before you know it he will be driving and hunting on his own. enjoy it while you can!! If it makes you feel better, I buiried my Old truck which is my sons now the other day,,ended up getting it out later myself. :D
