KidBowHunter Report post Posted November 15, 2007 The Lord blessed me with a great hunt last weekend. Here's what happend: Day 1, Friday, Opening Morning I woke up to bright light. It was four in the morning, opening day. I got out of my sleeping bag and got dressed and ready. We left camp at about 4:45 and drove a quarter mile down the road. We started hiking up the hill to my stand at about 4:55. We got to the blind near a water hole about 5:15 a.m. We then waited until it was just light enough to shoot at 6:40. I remember putting my sights on a Caoti for practice, when my dad whispered, “There’s some deer coming in.” The two that came in were a doe and a forkie with eye guards. I thought to myself, “Do I really want to shoot that forkie?” Just then, the big buck I had seen in the game camera pictures snuck around and came up in the bottom of my scope. I was waiting for him to turn broadside, when my dad was messing around with the video camera, trying to get it to work, when he gave up and picked up his binoculars. I thought he knew I was going to shoot, so I pulled the trigger of my .270 deer rifle. I remember keeping my eye in the scope and looking at a tree. After a second, I whispered. “Did I hit him?” My dad said yes, but he didn’t know where I shot him. He then made me wait TWO HOURS because if he was hurt we didn’t want to push him. Finally, we set out looking for him. There was no blood. We were on our hands and knees looking for blood, praying that The Lord would lead us to him. Then 30 yards from where I shot him, he lay dead, double lunged. We took some pictures and then found a place to gut him. Then we went back to camp and skinned him. I was as happy as can be. The coues measured 86 & 6/8. Day 2, Saturday, Just before dark I was working on the fort that my brother, my friend Ramon, my friend Jared, and I had built, when Ramon came running over and said, “There’s Caotis on the hill behind camp! I yelled “What!”, and then ran over to where my dad was holding my .270 rifle. We climbed up the little hill and looked over the rise where the gut pile from a deer was. My dad pointed at two Caotis walking around by the gut pile. By the time I got my bipod down and was ready to shoot, one had gone out of my sight. So I aimed at the other one, and pulled the trigger. He fell to the ground, flinched, then started to crawl away! My dad said “Hit him again!” All I saw was the back part of his body, so I shot that. Then he fell down the hill a little bit, and was almost dead when we went over to see him. His whole stomach was blown open, and in a couple seconds he was dead. When we got back to camp, we pulled out his guts and stuck him in the cooler. Thanks for reading my post! Troy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stanley Report post Posted November 15, 2007 Awesome Troy & Mark!!!! (glad the pictures got fixed....) Thanks for sharing! S. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DesertBull Report post Posted November 15, 2007 SA-WEEET! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coues7 Report post Posted November 15, 2007 Congrats KidBowHunter. I know you and your dad (Bowsniper) worked extremely hard and put in lots of efforts.....congrats! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bowsniper Report post Posted November 15, 2007 Troy has been faithfully following me into the woods for over five years now in search of coues, and he really deserves this buck! Congrats Troy, you worked hard for him! bowsniper dad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azyoung Report post Posted November 15, 2007 Congratulations Troy!! Real nice picture wiyh you dad azyoung Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues Sniper Report post Posted November 15, 2007 That's awesome! A great Coues, and a big Coati too! Congrats. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canyon State Hunter Report post Posted November 15, 2007 Wow thats cool!! Congrats on a successful hunt! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobbyo Report post Posted November 15, 2007 Troy, Great post I enjoyed reading it, brought back some memories for me. Congratulations on your trophies' and keep writing some posts. Bob Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azcouesandelk Report post Posted November 15, 2007 Atta boy keep up the good work! You already have a bigger buck than me and an animal I have yet to harvest!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ac guy Report post Posted November 16, 2007 Next generation. Good as gold. Way to go ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ac guy Report post Posted November 16, 2007 Before seeing the pictures, or reading the screen name, I pictured the writer as a mature adult. Sure that says something about this guy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GodIsGood Report post Posted November 16, 2007 WOW! Great shooting KBS! I'll hire you to teach Grant! gh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
out2hunt Report post Posted November 16, 2007 Great work And BIG Congrats on a heck of a time!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COOSEFAN Report post Posted November 16, 2007 Super buck! Congratulations to you Troy! JIM> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
