Probably not what you were hoping to see but here it is none the less. I am so proud of both my boys. They are turning out to be fine sportsmen, with or without killing anything.
First Porcupine, First Black Squirrel, First Red Fox on the First Night of the season and on the First set. First Raccoon. Here is the story.
A couple weeks ago I took my boys archery hunting up north. They also wanted to hunt some squirrels for the youth hunt. Well there were no deer this time but both my boys shot Porcupines and Squirrels. Here is my youngest son with his first ever Porcupine and Black Squirrel.
Last night Nick and I went out on the first night of predator season. On the first set, I call in a pair of reds. Nick drops the first one with the hornet and misses the second one at 100 yards as it stopped for that last look goodbye.
On to the second set. After watching a couple deer investigate my screams, I noticed two coon working there way through the corn. Nick dropped the first one and missed the second one three times. The third set was a blank. The fourth set I called in three more coons which I told him we were not going to shoot because they were small. I only let him shoot that first coon because he never shot one before. A this point it was almost midnight and he wanted to go home. He was so excited he called his mom between each set to tell her what he shot and saw. I dealt with that later! He says to me today that the hunt was his gift to me as my birthday present. I just smiled and said it was the best present he ever gave me. Here he is with both the Fox and the Coon.
Now I have to get him to calm down for those second shots. His brother was ticked because he backed out of the hunt last night in favor of playing xbox with his friends. He has never shot a fox yet.
