thru-hunter
WKR
- Joined
- Feb 25, 2012
I recently quit my lucrative defense contracting job and took something close to home and it is already paying off. After years of busted plans for family outings I am finally out in the field and my oldest son connected on his firs game animal last weekend.
We spent some good time at the range earlier this month getting his 7-08 dialed in and he convinced me he was ready to go. We hit the woods with a good friend of mine and started glassing for a spring bear. Luck was in our favor and we caught one crossing a snow slide on a nearby mountainside. We managed to slip to within 175 yards but the wind was going to give us away if we pushed much closer. The kid was confident that he could make the shot and it proved true as he center punched the 6'9" boar with a 139grain GMX. The kid was dead calm.... Well at least till I told him that he had nailed it! Then the excitement flooded over him.
To top the experience off the bear piled up in a creek to make recovery extra challenging.
We spent some good time at the range earlier this month getting his 7-08 dialed in and he convinced me he was ready to go. We hit the woods with a good friend of mine and started glassing for a spring bear. Luck was in our favor and we caught one crossing a snow slide on a nearby mountainside. We managed to slip to within 175 yards but the wind was going to give us away if we pushed much closer. The kid was confident that he could make the shot and it proved true as he center punched the 6'9" boar with a 139grain GMX. The kid was dead calm.... Well at least till I told him that he had nailed it! Then the excitement flooded over him.
To top the experience off the bear piled up in a creek to make recovery extra challenging.
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