218buck Report post Posted December 28, 2014 My daughter had a year that would make most people envious. we went on 7 hunts were she was able to harvest 5 big game animals over the course of the year the only thing she wasn't successful on was a spring turkey and a elk on our late muzzle loader elk hunt in 3b. She refused to shoot anything that wasn't a mature bull. We did see a lot of small bulls but she stuck to her guns. The year started out with her harvesting a javelina at 10 yards I was able to call a couple of them in. This was very exciting for both of us. Next came a buffalo from the Raymond Ranch herd ,I had drawn a tag for a yearling bull and signed over to her. This should have been a slam dunk but some how my turrets had moved on my scope and she made a non vital hit on the bull. So we spent the rest of day chasing a wounded buffalo all over that place. Finally around dark she was able to finish it off. She will never let me forget this lesson learned. She drew a unit 7 antelope tag and was able to make a 420 yard shot to harvest her first antelope. After not drawing a deer tag we both applied for the left over tags she was not successful but I drew a 36b tag that I signed over to her. Before this hunt a good friend of ours invited us to Idaho to hunt on her dads ranch. She was able to harvest a nice whitetail first morning at 250 yards. We saw over 100 deer it was amazing hoping to get invited back. With all of these hunts she was missing a lot of school, so for the coues hunt we only had 2 days to hunt. She was able to take a nice 3x3 at 350 yards right in its bed it was a great shot. The time we spend in the outdoors together is priceless I would have never believed I could get more enjoyment from some one else harvesting a animal instead of me. The good Lord has blessed me more than I could possibly deserve, Tessa is an amazing young lady and is turning out to be a great outdoors lady as well I cant wait to see what this year holds in store for us pigs in 20b-21 in a few weeks and turkey in 19a and ? 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yumabowhunter Report post Posted December 28, 2014 That's awesome right there! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
randyolson Report post Posted January 1, 2015 WONDERFUL!! Congrats to the young hunter on some fantastic hunts and animals taken! Thanks dad for getting her out there! It's great to see the young hunters in the field!! The special bonus, being successful!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjhunt2 Report post Posted January 1, 2015 What a year for Tessa. Congratulations young lady and big KUDOs to you dad. Thanks for sharing. TJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHT_MTNMAN Report post Posted January 1, 2015 Great year!!! I love seeing the success.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cramerhunts Report post Posted January 1, 2015 Great year that will be a lot of fun trying to top! Congratulations to you both! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cola Blanca Report post Posted January 2, 2015 Congrats on a great year! Some great memories and some awesome trophies for sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZHog Report post Posted January 3, 2015 Congrats to the young hunter on a fantastic year! Congrats to you dad for making memories for a lifetime! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
