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Buckmaster and Jr. Hunting Tails.....

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Saturday midday....

Typically filled with lunch, snacks, college football, camp chores, naps, and relaxation.

Here's Brendan after lunch.......

"Dad, When we going hunting?"

My reply: "4:30 pm"

.....a long boring wait for an 8 year old boy.
 

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The clock strikes 4:30 pm on a Saturday afternoon.

"Hey Brendan! Get your stuff on. It's time to go hunting."
 

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By 5pm we were in the elevated blind box, The Taj Mahal.

Mike went to the crossover blind and Sean to the Tower.

All 3 of us were hunting over food plots and food sources.
 

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Around 5:30 a single 5 point enters the plot.

Minutes later, a spike.
Then minutes later, a fawn doe.

We deer watched for about a half an hour. Brendan and I discussed deer behavior, posturing, and order of command.
Brendan got plenty of practice aiming his Parker Challenger at the deer.

Shortly after 6pm the fawn doe lets out 2 fawn bleats. I tell Brendan....."she's calling her Momma."

Sure enough Momma emerges into the food plot.

At this point we have 4 deer eating beneath us 18-25 yards away.

This 5 point is a satellite buck for the big 6x4 we've been seeing on camera at this location.

However, this would Brendan's night to tag out in Jefferson County.
 

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At 6:07 pm the doe presents Brendan with a slight quartering to shot as something had just startled the deer.

It's now or never!

I instruct Brendan to take the shot relying on his Rage 2 blade broadhead and the red Lumennock.

Shot taken, an inch behind the crease.

All 4 deer bound off into the thicket.

We listen, we hear a crash about 100 yards into the deep ravine. I'm certain, she's down.

We take our time gathering up our gear, climb down, and proceed to check out the crime scene. We've got blood.

Brendan begins to track the blood trail meanwhile I go to where I heard the crash. Peering from above a highwall I see a red glow in the woodland undergrowth from about 60 yards away. I also see a brown lump in the woods and white behind. Deer down!
 

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Meanwhile I get a call from Sean. He had shot a doe at the Tower.

Any hope for my traditional Saturday night Deer Camp dinner has now been cancelled.
 

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Jaden's aid in the recovery of Sean's doe after dark.

The doe was shot with a 2.5" 2 blade Rage which half gutted this girl on its exit hole.
 

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Brendan's first doe.

The hero shot.

Probably Jefferson County's first 8 year old to be tagged out.
 

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....and lastly Brendan's account in our Camp Journal.

I have it documented in five video segments and I've sought some editing help for later this week.
 

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Some of you North Shore residents may have seen this 50 acre sunflower field in the news. It's off I90 in Avon, Ohio.

It's Maria's field of Hope.
https://youtu.be/y9PW-ExRt4g

....and the last live sunflower remaining resides over my niece Melana. I believe.
 

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