UncleFester
Old Mossy Horns
Took me a while to get in the mood to tell my Kentucky 2021 tale. If I'd not lived it I absolutely wouldn't believe it. It's a true tale of joy/pride with my son's deer on this trip, coupled with my mishaps and bad decisions 'settling' for a 12 pointer, but not proud of how it all happened. The 12 was by far the smallest buck I shot at....
I took my youngest son with me to Kentucky this year and all year leading up to this trip I grilled it into his head....'if you shoot a Rutherford County deer in Kentucky then we're fighting the instant your foot hits the ground getting out of the stand' 'Don't shoot one that's not out beyond its ears' blah blah blah you know the drill, why shoot something there that you see all the time at home..... The first morning we were both hunting the same farm. We got Adam in stand first then myself. I was in a lone oak in the middle of a 15 or so acre field that was beautiful. Over my left shoulder the field narrowed and turned left following a creek and knew the deer would be coming from that direction. In front of me was a nice food plot. I had at least 100 turkey in the field from daylight to dark. At one point I had about 40 turkey right under me and had a few that tried to fly up and investigate me. After they gave me the stink eye they decided to move off thankfully. I saw several deer throughout the day. Had a really nice 8 hot on a doe first thing, but let him walk. Then had a text from Adam telling me he'd just seen that same 8 on the same doe about 20 minutes before. As soon as he'd sent that text I heard him shoot... He sends a text telling me he shot an 8 pointer and he HOPES it's big enough and hopes I'm not mad at him for shooting it. He was experiencing ground shrinkage in his mind, doubt and second thoughts. For that matter from his description I was having doubts as to what he'd shot too. While waiting to hear from him on what he actually shot I had several more deer come in on me. I had a four pointer chase a doe all the way around the tree I was in and then run right below me. The doe stopped and semi squatted, but the buck was so dumb he didn't even know what to do. She waited a moment when the buck made no move on her she just walked away leaving him standing there huffing and puffing. Adam sends me a text with a picture FINALLY(I was chomping at the bit) telling me he got a nice one, an eight with two stickers. I could tell the picture showed a good deer, but the picture really didn't do it justice. I'll admit I wasn't excited for him until after I saw it in person.
I finished out the first day seeing several deer and passing on them all, just wasn't what I was looking for. Rest of the trip incoming....
I took my youngest son with me to Kentucky this year and all year leading up to this trip I grilled it into his head....'if you shoot a Rutherford County deer in Kentucky then we're fighting the instant your foot hits the ground getting out of the stand' 'Don't shoot one that's not out beyond its ears' blah blah blah you know the drill, why shoot something there that you see all the time at home..... The first morning we were both hunting the same farm. We got Adam in stand first then myself. I was in a lone oak in the middle of a 15 or so acre field that was beautiful. Over my left shoulder the field narrowed and turned left following a creek and knew the deer would be coming from that direction. In front of me was a nice food plot. I had at least 100 turkey in the field from daylight to dark. At one point I had about 40 turkey right under me and had a few that tried to fly up and investigate me. After they gave me the stink eye they decided to move off thankfully. I saw several deer throughout the day. Had a really nice 8 hot on a doe first thing, but let him walk. Then had a text from Adam telling me he'd just seen that same 8 on the same doe about 20 minutes before. As soon as he'd sent that text I heard him shoot... He sends a text telling me he shot an 8 pointer and he HOPES it's big enough and hopes I'm not mad at him for shooting it. He was experiencing ground shrinkage in his mind, doubt and second thoughts. For that matter from his description I was having doubts as to what he'd shot too. While waiting to hear from him on what he actually shot I had several more deer come in on me. I had a four pointer chase a doe all the way around the tree I was in and then run right below me. The doe stopped and semi squatted, but the buck was so dumb he didn't even know what to do. She waited a moment when the buck made no move on her she just walked away leaving him standing there huffing and puffing. Adam sends me a text with a picture FINALLY(I was chomping at the bit) telling me he got a nice one, an eight with two stickers. I could tell the picture showed a good deer, but the picture really didn't do it justice. I'll admit I wasn't excited for him until after I saw it in person.
I finished out the first day seeing several deer and passing on them all, just wasn't what I was looking for. Rest of the trip incoming....