Scarey call to get .....

[ehenry]

Last Thursday evening I was laid back in my easy chair bout 7:30 p.m. close to being 5 Bud Lights deep in a 12 pack and my cell phone rings. Its my son..."Daddy, we're lost" he says. I sit up in the chair and ask the typical....Where are you?? Thinking he'd gotten off somewhere in Jackson and wasn't sure where he was. He says "We're in the Big Black swamp blood trailing a deer that Amanda shot, I've lost my trail, its pitch dark and my flash light died." <br /><br />Amanda is the girl friend. <br /><br />The Big Black Swamp is strange woods to him, he's never really hunted there before. He'd gotten permission from a friend to hunt. I tell him to sit where he is and I'm coming to you. I gather my toggs, Jen E. Dawg to help trail him, a driver and a couple flash lights and strike out. Bout 3/4's of the way out to the swamp he calls back... "I found the deer and my trail, I'm draggin it to the truck but need help loading it.<br /><br />Load off my mind.<br /><br />Long story short, everything turned out ok. The deer was a small 6 point and Amanda's first deer. The thing that was pretty funny about the whole ordeal is that Amanda stopped by the house right as he was getting ready to leave to go hunting. She wasn't even suppose to be going with him. She'd been to a funeral and was on her way home. Kyle asks her to go hunting with him, that they could get up in one of Mr. Murphy's shooting houses and she wouldn't mess up her good clothes. I get out there and there stands Kyle in all his hunting stuff, mud up to his knees, skinned and scuffed up from briars and brambles and theres Amanda all crisp, clean and smellin good. I have to commend her though...she tally wacked the deer at about 150 yards with a 25.06. WHAT A GIRL !<br /><br />I wish I had some pics to for yall.

 

[SS MAYFLOAT]

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Cool story ef! Persistance seems to always pay off. Its great things turned out the way they did.

 

[DJ]

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My congrat's.<br /><br />All turned out well. Again, let me congratulate you on raising those that would trail a "tagged" deer instead of leaving it. Most, today, would retreat to a warm house and vidiot games.<br /><br />I have to respect that.

 

[Ron G]

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Im glad everthing turned out good,good shot by amanda,a good lesson for kyle,make sure your always perpared for the worst.

 

[ehenry]

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Yeah, its a good thing Scoop the girlfriend had good clothes on cause we'd a done her up right with it being her first deer and all...a buck at that ! !

 

[ehenry]

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OH, I broke him in right as far as finding what he shoots. He knocked the back legs out from under one when he was about 11 or 12 and we had to trail it over a mile but we finally caught up to it. I made him finish it off...it was lot different to him shooting one up close rather that at 40 or more yards. I think it taught him something

 

[Haut Medoc]

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Nothing like killin' a deer to take your mind off of a funeral! Glad everyone is O.K. ....JK

 

[Bob_VT]

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Wow glad they had cell phone coverage! There are alot of places here in VT where it will not work.<br /><br />Happy it all worked out safe.

 

[Kenneth Brown]

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Good story with a happy ending. I don't know if shes a looker or not but so far she sounds like a keeper.

 

[TwoBallScrewBall]

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I remember when I shot my first deer at close range, you're right, it is different. It's one experience to be on the hunt and to shoot one in the excitement of the moment. It's another thing all together once you track it down and find it lying and dying, having to stand there and line up that kill shot. I was 15 and I remember exactly like it was yesterday. I remember pulling the trigger and seeing the fur bounce ever so slightly where the bullet hit it, then it was over. <br /><br />Should have made the girlfriend dress it. Give her an apron. Or some coveralls.

 

[OBJ]

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Kinda reminds me of the guy I saw dragging a deer. First day of the season and I'm setting in a favorite spot when I hear the "boom" of a slug rifle way up to my rear. Little while later I hear huffing and puffing and crashing through the woods and under growth. Off to my right I catch site of this guy struggling down to the open field. I get up from my cover and go over to find he's been dragging a nice 8 point.....pretty good size deer. He is whipped...I mean exhausted. I says to him...ya' need some help....he says yeah if ya could, just going over to the road where my truck is. No problem says I.....then I noticed....says I to the gent....partner, why ain't ya' field dressed the critter yet? Would make it a helluva lot lighter to drag. He said he wanted to get it to his garage where he can do the job right......didn't ask....just wanted to get this boy outta' the woods.

 

[ehenry]

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Ken, not only can she shoot, cook, and fish. She has her own toys.... a wheeler, jeep, jet ski, bass boat and pontoon boat too! ! ! I think she's a looker to boot and she's crazy bout my boy.<br /><br />

 

[KaGee]

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E.F. your boy is plum crazy if he don't fall in love and marry her! She's a keeper! <br /><br />(Damn, why didn't I marry a girl with toys?)

 

[KRS]

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Is your son upset that she's hugging that other guy in the photo??

 

[ehenry]

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Kagee, he's as crazy about her as she is him. They've been seeing one another for a little over a year now, I just jope they will keep all that craziness in check till they finish college. I feel like they will cause she has her head screwed on straight. Its not cross threaded at all. She knows what she wants out of life and marriage and kids aint in the plan at this point. She aint bigger than a minute but she keeps him in check.

 

[ehenry]

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AZ, he'd be upset at himself if he was...LOLOL

 

[Kenneth Brown]

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Uh............ If they happen to have any problems and break up or anything be sure and let me know at I'llTakeHerCrapForAFewYears@hello.com<br /><br /><br />Yep, she's a looker. That boy needs to get to the alter, and quick. Where do we set up a fund to help cover the expenses?