Sitting in a deer blind with my 12 year old daughter. Seems strange hunting breed this early. Everything is still so green and to top it off it's over 80 today. Wish us luck, no bait just well used game trail set up.

Good luck, about a month away here in Wisconsin

Hope you guys bag one!

Awesome! Good luck!

Blessings,
Mark

Good luck! Can’t wait until season kicks in here.

Good luck last weekend of the month tell youth for us. Last year I remember thinking it was strange to be hunting deer with mosquitoes in my face and sweat rolling down my back. But 3 deer went down that first morning so well worth it.

I think the early youth hunt is great to get the young ones out! It was warm today. I don't like the guys who grumble, and I have heard them, "I been watching that buck all summer, and kid down the road shot it a month early" The parents are as proud of the kids deer as if it was their own, and I am fine with that, they should be.

Good luck to you and your daughter, Greg!

Just got winded. For some reason the deer came in from behind us tonight not on the trails. It blew and left. Never saw it but my daughter jumped out of her seat. She just asked if she gets to gut and drag her deer if she gets one and who am I to say no. In fact she can gut and drag mine also.lol

To bad it didn't come around the front and give her a shot. But a close encounter is sure better and keeps then excited more than a Day seeing nothing. It's not dark yet.
And there is always tomorrow.

If she scores you will have a lifetime memory. Good luck.

Got winded again later. Still have memories though. She is excited about going tomorrow even after sitting in the blind 4.5 hours with no electronics. What kid does that anymore. Didn't help that it was 85 when we started the hunt and 72 when we left the woods. In will post pictures if we score tomorrow.

Be sure you do...

I'm looking forward to those pictures tomorrow.

I don't know your states regs but an x bow is a great way to get in more early season hunting in Indiana. My youngest got his 1st x bow deer at 8. I think that was his 4th or 5th deer.

good luck , hopefully you get one tonight

Bow season begins October 1. We will be out. Nothing so far tonight and it is 630. About 2 hours left but they are my favorite 2.

Well, youth hunt over and we didn't bring one home. Had a deer come by at about 805 and had a clean miss. Daughter had never shot at a deer before and said she was shaking a lot. When we went to check she hit a small tree just behind the deer a couple feet. The bulldog entered the tree about 6 inches above the ground. Oh well, maybe next time. She can hunt all regular season also so we have plenty more chances.

She had fun you had fun. Enjoy the memories. Glad to see parents taking their kids. Wish we had more of this

Where ya been strike? I always enjoy your post.

my son hated me at times for all the shooting I made him do , he likes shooting , he just disliked the way I had him doing it , I was going for rushed and flustered. but safe

I would put out several targets just a paper plate with a number on a carboard backer they would be all over the range from 25 to 100 yards at odd distances

then we would go for a walk down range walking slow like hunting walk , 3 steps look around , 3 steps look then I would call off a number and he had just a few seconds to hit that target any where on the paper plate counted.

he got better at it and when I flushed a doe out to him on the last drive of the last day we were going to be able to hunt the year he was 12 , he got it , that doe saw him stopped about 30 yards and he broke the shot just as she stopped went down like a ton of bricks shoulder hit.

work on number or letter to shot on target , with a timer or stop watch , you can use a 22lr to save on ammo costs but after they get good follow up with a some rounds from their deer gun

repetition makes it smooth , natural and cuts time.

fast is smooth and smooth is fast.