Fleet Farm collecting deer hides

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November 14, 2019 at 4:20 pm #146507
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FYI,
Fleet farm is collecting deer hides, $6 store coupon for each.

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November 14, 2019 at 8:17 pm #714324
EricParrott
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My daughter’s is already being used. ” title=”” class=”bbcode_smiley” /> Her first buck ever!

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November 14, 2019 at 8:25 pm #714327
floodeyes
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Awesome! ^^
November 14, 2019 at 8:31 pm #714328
highbeeze24
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What a deer to start her career with! Good stuff Eric!

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November 14, 2019 at 8:34 pm #714329
EricParrott
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For certain! She still can’t go a day without rubbing it in! Just because I’ve deer hunted 34 years and haven’t gotten one that big…..

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November 14, 2019 at 8:44 pm #714330
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Holy cow that’s a dandy! Might have gotten a bit spoiled!

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November 14, 2019 at 8:58 pm #714331
EricParrott
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Yes she has! Heck, she hasn’t even shot a duck or goose yet.

One thing I told her…she should never get nervous shooting at another deer in the future. Haha

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November 15, 2019 at 3:18 am #714332
Joehere
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Nothing like having someone who can record such a special moment with a beautiful photo,,,awesome and congrats to you and yours! Thanks for sharing
November 15, 2019 at 3:30 am #714333
floodeyes
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There’s nothing better then seeing kids getting out there and shooting deer or just getting out in the outdoors. Don’t see enough of it. Congrats!!
November 15, 2019 at 3:34 am #714334
floodeyes
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There’s nothing better then seeing kids shooting deer or just being in the outdoors! Don’t see enough of it! Congrats!
November 15, 2019 at 1:00 pm #714335
neubauerdan
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November 16, 2019 at 1:31 pm #714336
bottlebass
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Wow that is a dandy! I’ve never even seen one that big except for on trail cam pictures at night… I would probably have had to change my underwear after I missed my shot if that one walked by me
November 18, 2019 at 2:37 pm #714337
EricParrott
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The entire event is a memory of a lifetime and we couldn’t have been more fortunate.

The week prior, I went out to my dad’s small 20ac parcel of woods and made a small ground blind against 2 fallen trees. Around 10:00am on opening day my daughter saw the deer coming behind us about 80yds out through the trees. At that time we only saw the body and I knew it was a big-bodied
deer. Suddenly about a half mile from us 3 shots ring out. The deer stops, turns around and walks away 10yds.

I was thinking it’s over, but then it turned back around and started walking back towards us. It got about 50yds away, lowered its head and all I saw was RACK lower to the ground! Immediately my mind goes “Huge buck! Huge buck! Don’t tell Madi! Huge buck!”
I just didn’t want her getting buck fever. Then the buck starts to cross the small frozen waterway where there’s only a few obstructions.

Just as I taught her, she said she didn’t even see the entire rack and was solely focused on placing her shot in the kill zone. She says “Dad I’m gonna shoot.” I told her to go ahead. She fires her shot and just like you see on all those hunting shows, it cringes, jumps, kicks up its hind legs and ran about 40yds just out of our sight behind a small ridge. I went running (I trashed the ground blind!), saw the deer lie down and yelled at my daughter to come over. She gets to me and the deer, sees it take its last few breaths and falls to her knees in a full-on cry. All I can think is oh no! It’s over. She just saw a deer expire and she’ll never hunt again! Asked her twice if she’s ok. “Yeah dad, I’m just so happy! It’s a happy cry!” I’ll never forget that moment!

All I can say is this….the amount of joy I experienced as a father watching my daughter harvest that deer is exponentially greater than had I shot the deer myself! It’s right up there with the days in which my son and daughter came into this world!

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November 18, 2019 at 4:42 pm #714338
bottlebass
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Wow that is as perfect as it gets! I have a 2 year old son and he was asking to come hunting with me this year . I hope to have a similar experience to yours when he’s older!

For the record I had an awful lot of clear liquid build up in my eyes when I was reading your story. Just an all around awesome story!
November 19, 2019 at 2:18 am #714339
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Great Buck and story.

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