My son's New Mexico youth hunt

[Hiker]

NotEnufTags,
Thanks for your kind words. I started taking the kids along with me when they were younger, now most of them can carry their own rifles. I love to spend time with them and hunting is a true passion of mine and it's appears to be in their blood too. I look forward to many more years with them on the mountain. But to be honest, my favorite time with them is at breakfast, having family devotions and studying the bible together. I live for that!

[tracker]

Hello, my name is Luke. I am 10 years old. This is my first post. My dad wanted me to share my hunt with you, plus my Mom said I can count it as a school project. So here it goes.


Day 1 - We woke up the first day to rain. It rained for about 3 1\2 hours. So we ate breakfast in the tent. When it stopped raining. We got all our stuff on and walked down a river bed about a mile long. Then we started up a mountain. When a very thick fog set in, we were about half way up. When we got to the top, we sat on some rocks and waited for the fog to clear. While we waited, my dad showed me how to use a GPS. When the fog finally cleared, we went back to camp to eat lunch. When we got back, we cleaned out the tent because it had rained and everything was soaked. While we did that, my dad saw a herd of deer. So we went and began to stalk them from camp. They were about 1,000 yards away. So we went down the river bed and a doe saw us. But she didn’t move and kept bedded. When we got about 225 yards away from them, my dad looked to see if there was a legal buck. It looked like a forky but it was a spike. We watched them for a long time. Then it began to get dark so we went back to camp and ate dinner. We also played cards until to bed.
Day 2 – Today we woke up and ate breakfast. We then prayed we would find a buck I could shoot. Next, we went up the river bed and reached a small mountain. We began to hike up, hoping to get the deer from behind. But the deer moved so we went back to camp and ate lunch and then we went hiking where the deer where and got about 100 yards away. When they saw us and ran, there was a spike and fourteen does. We watched the deer for a little while and glassed for other bucks. But we didn’t see anything… So we went back to camp and ate dinner.
Day 3 – Today we took down camp and went shopping for a few supplies and went to check out a mountain. So we went up it and glassed for a long time. We went down a little ways and my dad said, “Let’s glass one more time.” So when my dad looked, he found a whole herd of deer and my dad said, “Let’s get ready and go hike and stalk them.” Well right now, the wind was blowing right at the deer so we went around the mountain and got close to the deer. But a doe was looking right at us so we went around another tree to stay hidden. And we were about 50 yards from the deer so my dad said, “Get your gun ready.” So I put my gun on the shooting sticks and a doe ran straight down the mountain and I thought the deer were gone but my dad said “Get ready... here comes the buck.” But I didn’t tell him when I was going to shoot. When the buck came, I thought it was a forky but my dad said it was a 4x4 or maybe a 5x5. My dad was looking through his binos when I shot. I thought I had missed. When we got over to where I had shot, a doe ran from the group and it got lost. So my dad said, “Luke, go look for some blood.” While he went down the mountain, he found my deer. But, I couldn’t find any blood so my dad said, “Luke, go follow the tracks.” So I followed the tracks and found a buck laying down and looking right at me. It scared me at first! I thought: “Wow! A sleeping buck!!” Then I saw a hole in his side and I said, “That’s my buck!” So we walked over to see it and we kneeled down and prayed, Thanking God for my buck. Then we pulled out the buck from the shade and took some pictures. Then we gutted it and dragged it for about a mile, up hill! My dad drug it all the way out while I carried the camelbak and more. When we got to the truck, I was ready to take a nap. I learned during this trip that being quiet is important, stalking is key, walking quietly is vital, and to listen makes all the difference, ohh and no sneezing. Thanks Dad for taking me!

[kinzysdad]

Tracker (Luke), what an awesome story. You deserve an A for posting that. Congradulations on taking that deer. Sounds like you have a great mom and dad. Listen to them and you will turn out to be a great man like your dad.

[NotEnufTags]

Wow! Way to go tracker. Very well written story at 10 years old. Also very impressive is shooting a 4 point for your first deer. Continuing with being impressed is the fact that you're shooting an .06 at ten years old, and shooting it straight. Your dad said, no fair, he was 22 before his first for point. I'm 37 and still no true four point. Congratulations

[MuleyMadness]

Great job Luke!

[Cowgirl In CO]

What an excellent story Luke!! I'll never forget your smile when you showed us your buck! You make a great friend and even better brother... Keep up the great work!!


Jessica

[tracker]

Thanks for your compliments.

tracker

[killerbee]

RIGHT ON TRACKER!!!!!
congrats on a great buck, and your story should be an easy A+ it does sound like you have a great family of hunters and your fitting right in. i cant wait to share the same times with my kids, stories like these are what hunting is all about. good times spent with good people= memories! congrats again and thanks for posting

[ridgetop]

Tracker, right on! Congrats a great buck. Also, I hope you realize what a great dad you have! I am also impressed how you are so willing to share your gratitude with God. So many of us forget. Keep up the good work.

[GKNUDSON]

Wow, what a thread,

Tracker "YOU THE MAN"!

Hiker thats awesome man, I have a 5yr old Itake him white tail huntin, but I can't wait till he starts going little further west with me chasing the Mulies.

Thanks for the Awesome story Luke