Summitthunting
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Took my father-in-law and my 4yr old on their first antelope hunt last weekend. After a late start from Denver and a late start the next morning we started hunting around 10:30am Friday morning. The bucks were chasing does hard and we couldn’t get one to stand still long enough to shoot. By 1pm we had 8 bucks within 200yds, but none of them would stop moving. At this point my son was prodding grandpa to shoot something so when this buck stopped moving he wacked him. The rifle is a 7mm-08 that I built him for a Christmas present.
I was a little worried how my son was going to take the blood and guts.I talked him through it like a biology lesson and he was extremely interested.
Got it on ice and was at the Miracle Mile by 5pm. Enjoyed the sunset watching trout rise, eating tamales smothered in green chili and drinking a dos equis amber. Fished a few hours the next morning and had some success.
It was a great trip and my father-in-law has already asked me to set up a trip for next year. My son wants to know when I'm buying him a tag and building him a rifle
I was a little worried how my son was going to take the blood and guts.I talked him through it like a biology lesson and he was extremely interested.
Got it on ice and was at the Miracle Mile by 5pm. Enjoyed the sunset watching trout rise, eating tamales smothered in green chili and drinking a dos equis amber. Fished a few hours the next morning and had some success.
It was a great trip and my father-in-law has already asked me to set up a trip for next year. My son wants to know when I'm buying him a tag and building him a rifle
