Hunting With My Daughter

Bob's one-man stand.

This morning I met my daughter, Kathy, at her sister-in-law, Faye's home south of town to hunt. Got there right at daybreak.  Had to set up Bob's one-man stand and Kathy went to the chicken coop stand.  The one- man stand was on a slight incline on the side of a hill and was hard to find a flat spot but settled in to hunt.  Saw nothing but squirrels and chipmunks playing.  About 9:15 Kathy called and we decided to go back to the house and take a short break and hunt again later. I suggested to Kathy that we swap stands and she agreed.  About 11:10 was getting ready to quit for the day and Kathy shot.  Got all my hunting gear together and by the time I got to Kathy they were looking for her deer.  She shot at a nice doe and the yearlings were off to one side and they did not move at the time. The doe went down the hill and out-of-site.  We looked for about 45 minutes to see if we could find any blood but nothing.  As we were standing talking about the deer, one blew at us.  It's probably the doe she missed and wanting to find her yearlings.  She said she either flinched or the bullet deflected off of a limb or branch.  She was so pumped up and was happy she saw a deer and hopefully by this evening she will try again and get one.

I had to come back home to start cooking for Thanksgiving.  My daughter, Debra, and her family have invited us to come to Learned, MS, for a Thanksgiving dinner.  After we eat we will head back over to Faye's via the Natchez Trace Parkway and do an afternoon hunt.  Faye's property is surrounded by deer hunting camps.  She said that the deer are always walking around in her yard and it's like a super highway through her property and has seen some nice bucks also.

In front of me.

To the left of me.

Faye's home behind me.

Kathy did not want her picture taken today so I got her backside.

She took my picture using Bob's .270.  

Chicken coop stand.

To the right of me.

To the left of me.

In front of me.