Next week he becomes a deer hunter....he did it again!!! Update pg.33...

[Razorbak]

AWESOME thread...Cade gonna get something real soon..I just feel it

[Guru]

So after hunting that spot 2 mornings in a row and having all the deer action, I knew I needed to ditch the Double Bull...they were on to the "big box"!

After looking for good trees and not finding much on the edge...it was time to make a ground blind with all the stuff piled up in the corner I thought I could build a really good one that the deer would hardly notice.....so I went at it yesterday just before it started to pour....perfect!
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This is what the spot looked like Saturday morning....
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This is what it looks like now...
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The front edge is high and low to allow shooting...
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Plenty of room...
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I'm so pumped about the next time we get to try this spot!


Today I put up a low stand at the orchard we hunted Sunday evening.
It gets us up just enough to see over the existing brush, about 6ft. high...with the right wind it should be killer!
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You can hardly see the stand, it's dead center in the small double tree...
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[Butchie]

This just too cool...can't wait for the next episode!

[Bonebuster]

Beautiful place Curt...made even more beautiful by what happens whenever the two of you are there.

Ain`t it something how a sharp broadhead changes the look of his bow? It makes it all REAL...It makes it real, and it`s finally here! I remember the first time my oldest son nocked a broadhead tipped arrow...real indeed.

Before long, you`ll be sharing cold weather clothes...you`ll smile when he makes different choices than you. What works for you will be different than what works for him. Before long, YOU will be cold BEFORE he is. Boots will be the same size, or, if your lucky, yours will be too small. SOMEHOW, he will ALWAYS end up with the BEST cold weather socks...even if they were a Christmas present of YOURS!   :D    And it will be so good!!!

This thread has me going back in time...wishing I had taken more pictures. Lesson learned.

Thanks for sharing everything...from stump shooting and a first campfire, to his first day as a deer hunter.

Good luck Cade...hunt hard and shoot straight.

 

[Interseptor]

Curt, that was awesome!  I pray that one day my son and I will have those kind of adventures together!

[Jayrod]

That boy is a killing machine....keep up the greatwork!!!

[Big Lefty]

Thanks for continuing this thread.  I'm anxiously awaiting the next update!

[GRINCH]

[Owlgrowler]

Please don't take any of this the wrong way, I'm rootin for ya as much as the next guy.I haven't responded to this thread waiting for this moment. Cade, I for one am glad you missed, means your human, with human emotions. Seems like some kids today are just stone-cold killers, making statements like "Yea, had some ground shrinkage there, I thought he was a 160 but turns out he's only about a 145." The day you stop getting unglued when your quarry gets near is the day to stop, reconsider and do something different.

A couple good things about a clean miss are; you get all the excitement without all the guttin and draggin, I call it "catch and release hunting". you learn what it takes to control your excitement. and you get to do it all again!

Now you know what you have to do to make it happen, and it will happen. Speaking from experience; don't rush things, only take the shot you KNOW you can make. BURN a hole in that spot. make sure your anchored. You got nothing to prove to nobody.

And again, I want to thank your father, and all the other fathers on here that are bringing their kids up right. Thanks

[Randy Morin]

Ahhh..those misses really burn the desire into your psyche forever.  You two are a great team!
I'm loving that ground blind.  I look forward to your next hunt along with ya.

[mark land]

Man Curt you had me going there, I had goose bumps just reading along and can't wait to read more.  Keep the updates coming and will look forward to more.

[Mint]

Good luck Cade! I have a tough time shooting out of a blind too and have to mentally tell myself what yardage the animal is at or I shoot to high.

[mb bowman]

Good luck! I love this thread!

[Tdog]

Keep at it boys. It only a matter of time..Great thread..Good luck guys..

[KentuckyTJ]

Yep, to watch your trad journey Cade over the years has been fulfilling to us all. If you can hit a frog buddy I promise you you can hit a deer. When the next one walks by your setup just invision that frog sitting right on those lungs and kill it.

[PA stickbow boy]

[koops4]

Thanks for sharing this amazing story with us.  I look forward to the rest of the story and the thrilling ending which we all hope is coming.

[23feetupandhappy]

[mcowie]

Thank you for sharing all of this!  This is the best thread I have ever read on TradGang!  It's gonna happen and I CAN'T wait to read about it!

Matt

[Junglecat]

Great thread and best of luck Cade.It will happen soon.