Quinte Fishing

This years deer hunt included some newbies. My daughter, 16 yrs., and another young lad, 15 yrs. My daughter came in with me on the Wednesday of the first week. We sat on a few watches, I tried to teach her the ropes of deer hunting, shared some memories and sat and waited for a deer. The only thing we saw was chickadees and red squirrels that sound like they weigh at least 150 lbs come through the bush. It was still a rush! I really wanted her to see a deer come out to us, but the deer gods were not participating in the event. Oh well, it was a memory I will cherish. Friday night another young lad come in to the camp for his first deer hunt. We discuss our stratagies as to who goes where, what dogs are running and all the good stuff. My daughter decides she is going to go sit with the young lad. I'm thinking OK........ and a few other things. 6:30 am Saturday morning were off to our watches. I stop by my daughter and the young lad and wish them luck, look deep into the lads eyes with a dark glaring stare and say, " the only gun that goes off here better be that 30.06 rem your holding in your hands!" He laughs, my daughter blushes and I chuckle my way to my watch. 7:05 am were all in waiting for the dogger to start the dogs and "BANG! X 7" I climb down the tree I was leaning against, pick up my radio to hear my son saying "DOE DOWN!" I radio back " GOOD JOB BUDDY! but just one? why the 8 shots?" "I missed her the other 7!" He unloaded 5, reloaded and took 3 more shots at a doe that just walked out on him. The excuse for missing, HANGOVER! 20 minutes later the dogs are tonguing, I'm up and ready, I see her sneaking across a big ridge full of evergreens. I don't have a clear shot, I pick a spot, she sticks her head out and down goes our second doe of the run, boy was I mad as hell! I really wanted my daughter to come with me instead. Another 20 minutes later, BANG! I climb down the tree I was once leaning against to hear my radio going bezerk! The young lad that took my daughter out to his watch had just shot his first deer! It was a 200 lb 8 point buck!!!!! Back at camp that evening, my daughter is all excited, happy, wants to get her license now and says, "He said he got that deer before he even pulled the trigger!!" All in all, it was our best deer hunt ever at the camp!

Nice report wounded. Great to see the young hunters get some deer action. Also no better way to greet the young lad sitting with your daughter than with a rifle, dogs and a gang of friends who can track. I'll bet he was a very respectful young man that morning in the woods.

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Bruce Ogilvie

"Fish Hard, Hunt Hard, Live Hard"

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