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So ...... what did YOU learn this Deer Season?

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JimP:
Me, I-

-Learned that I do not shoot an open sighted gun very well,in comparison to my regular scoped boltie........  100 yards seems a lot longer when you don't have any magnification to aid you.....

-There is nothing so beautiful as watching one of your children do something well, even if they are not ultimately successful at the task at hand......

-already knew this, but was reminded that the best things in Life are not things, but are the company of Good People and the opportunity to share your best efforts with them.

.....SO ..... what did YOU lean?

bkoenig:
.I had open sight problems too.  The place where my stand sits is in a deep canyon with tall trees so it stays dark a long time there.  I couldn't see the sights and missed a buck opening morning.  I borrowed a scoped rifle that night and missed another buck because scope's reticle was miving around inside the tube.  I borrowed a third rifle next morning and finally filled my tag.  So I guess my lesson was use the right equipment and test it first.  Between my tiny buck and my rifle problems I took a lot of good ribbing from the other guys. 

We had a lot of fun though, with my 10 year old nephew going on his first hunt and my brother in law's 12 year old cousin taking his first deer.

Mudinyeri:
I learned that success in hunting and family involvement may be at odds with one another, but family is far more important.

JimP:

--- Quote from: Mudinyeri on November 16, 2010, 09:09:30 AM ---I learned that success in hunting and family involvement may be at odds with one another, but family is far more important.

--- End quote ---

Keep at it: Eldest (14) dropped her first "one shot" deer this year..... her smile was so big, I thought the corners of her mouth would meet in the back and her head would fall off above the mouth...... excited jabbering went on well into the 4 hour drive home..... Third daughter "Cold Toes  Jac" did not get a shot, but is overcoming her fear of recoil, ringing the 50 yard steel plate 3 of 5 times with her sister's 30/30 Friday night...... Little James (8 years ancient) is just learning to be quiet in the woods and working on his gun handling still....... It is not easy taking deer with kids in tow, but is certainly more rewarding when they are successful than it is when you are by yourself!  I have killed many deer in the past, but would rather get skunked (it happened a couple of years in a row when I first started taking them) than tell them they can't go.  Besides, Eldest has taken up weight lifting, and dragging deer has gotten a WHOLE lot easier since!

joemerchant24:
Claymores at the driveways to keep poachers/dirt bikers the hell out.

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