Anyone ever had something like this happen?
One of the kids in my Boy Scout troop has been after his first buck. He's 13, was unsuccessful last year, and had been unsuccessful this year after a half a dozen attempts at road hunting with his dad. I know the dad real well and thought I'd do everyone a favor by helping him shoot something.
So I called in a favor at a pretty good ranch up the road and they were real cool with me helping this kid on their property. There are usually elk running around too and cows were fair game for father or son. Took them up in the morning and we saw a real nice whitey, probably 140ish, but it just didn't stay still long enough for a shot. Ran back into town for church and came back in the afternoon to get serious as yesterday was the last day of the season (that's why I pulled some strings for the kid)
We jumped out of the truck and the kid got organized, dad grabbed his rifle too in case we saw a cow during our push. He asked me as we got out of the car "what do I do if I see a good buck?" I said "if you shoot a buck, our hunt is over and your boy can't get one." So we started off and saw a little 4 point, kid got excited, but I told him we could do much better if he wanted too, he said ok. I took the kid and dad walked 50 yards to our left through the trees. Sure enough, a perfect shot presented itself on the big buck from the morning at 80 yards. He stood broadside for 10 seconds, but kid couldn't get comfortable enough and couldn't get the deer in the scope. I thought no worries, we'll get another shot at him, but kid was a bit down on himself.
We got to the truck to wait for dad and BOOM, not 50 yards from us dad let one fly. I knew it was a buck he shot cause instantly heard the buck bawling. Then dad hit him again. We climbed over to him and I was expecting there to be some monster on the ground for dad to have taken kid's opportunity at a buck. NOPE, he shot a piss ant 4 point that won't go 110". Needless to say I was pissed. Kid asked me "can I still shoot one"? And although I probably could have stretched my neck out to get permission, I was so ticked that I didn't want to. I felt bad for the kid but I wanted dad to feel repercussion for being a jackass. Dad knew that only 1 buck could be killed.
Am I mean for not pushing the relationship I have with the owners to get a second buck?
I tried to salvage the hunt by looking for a cow in the evening for the kid but none were around. On the drive home dad asked kid "what are you going to tell people about our buck" kid replied "that my dad shot my buck". I said, "and don't you ever let him forget it either."
One of the kids in my Boy Scout troop has been after his first buck. He's 13, was unsuccessful last year, and had been unsuccessful this year after a half a dozen attempts at road hunting with his dad. I know the dad real well and thought I'd do everyone a favor by helping him shoot something.
So I called in a favor at a pretty good ranch up the road and they were real cool with me helping this kid on their property. There are usually elk running around too and cows were fair game for father or son. Took them up in the morning and we saw a real nice whitey, probably 140ish, but it just didn't stay still long enough for a shot. Ran back into town for church and came back in the afternoon to get serious as yesterday was the last day of the season (that's why I pulled some strings for the kid)
We jumped out of the truck and the kid got organized, dad grabbed his rifle too in case we saw a cow during our push. He asked me as we got out of the car "what do I do if I see a good buck?" I said "if you shoot a buck, our hunt is over and your boy can't get one." So we started off and saw a little 4 point, kid got excited, but I told him we could do much better if he wanted too, he said ok. I took the kid and dad walked 50 yards to our left through the trees. Sure enough, a perfect shot presented itself on the big buck from the morning at 80 yards. He stood broadside for 10 seconds, but kid couldn't get comfortable enough and couldn't get the deer in the scope. I thought no worries, we'll get another shot at him, but kid was a bit down on himself.
We got to the truck to wait for dad and BOOM, not 50 yards from us dad let one fly. I knew it was a buck he shot cause instantly heard the buck bawling. Then dad hit him again. We climbed over to him and I was expecting there to be some monster on the ground for dad to have taken kid's opportunity at a buck. NOPE, he shot a piss ant 4 point that won't go 110". Needless to say I was pissed. Kid asked me "can I still shoot one"? And although I probably could have stretched my neck out to get permission, I was so ticked that I didn't want to. I felt bad for the kid but I wanted dad to feel repercussion for being a jackass. Dad knew that only 1 buck could be killed.
Am I mean for not pushing the relationship I have with the owners to get a second buck?
I tried to salvage the hunt by looking for a cow in the evening for the kid but none were around. On the drive home dad asked kid "what are you going to tell people about our buck" kid replied "that my dad shot my buck". I said, "and don't you ever let him forget it either."
