My son's New Mexico youth hunt

[Hiker]

My 10 year old son, Luke and I had a great time together in NM. Luke had been looking forward to his first big game hunt for many months. We hunted hard and hiked many miles. He made his Dad proud of his "stick to it ness" and didn't give up. We saw a lot of deer but couldn't find a legal buck to save our lives. We moved camp 26.2 miles and found this buck. We prayed and God guided us right to him. He was the herd buck and had a bunch of does. Luke made a great shot with his sister's 30-06. The handloads TGWH did for us did him in with one shot.

[Hiker]

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Luke tracking and finding his buck.

[AGCHAWK]

CONGRATS Luke! Looks like a dandy NM buck to me...AWESOME!

[Hiker]

Luke carried the packs and Dad dragged the deer.

[Hiker]

We saw a spike 2 or 3 times before moving camp. He had 14 does with him, incredible! He acted as if he was the man too. Bossing the does around and all. Luke was so happy to kill a 4x4. I told him, " I was 22 years old before I killed my first 4 pointer and you were only 10, that's just not right" LOL!

[BOHNTR]

That's awesome Hiker! Congrats Luke......you're quite a young hunter.

[MULEY7MM]

WOW that is awesome tell luke congrats on a nice 4 point my first buck was a spike

[killerbee]

CONGRATS LUKE!!!!!!!!!!!that is awsome! probably my favorite stories every year are when a young kid gets his first hunt or kills his first buck/bull. very very cool! i remember my first hunts like they were yesterday. he'll never forget these times with his dad. congrats to both of you

[Wasatch Wonder]

What a cool experience for your son. Hopefully soon he can start hauling out the deer he shoots!

[m gardner]

I just love it! Nice deer Luke!! Looks like you had a great time.
Mark