Deer Down.....newbee shot his first!

I did not hunt the opener and opted to walk the north side of the property and deal with the bridge crossing and a cell camera that was giving us trouble. One of the new guys was hunting the south bush in a ladder stand that has been very productive over the years.

I wrapped it up at 4:30 and decided to leave the farm and drive home. After showering and settling into a cold drink before dinner I get a text at 7 saying 'I have a deer coming in'...........I wait and a few minutes later I get a text with this photo.......

https://i.imgur.com/CcWB97F.jpg

I turn to my wife and say I gotta run, I go upstairs and change jump in my truck and head back to the farm. The newbee shot his first deer - a nice spike buck! I showed him how to field dress it and let him get his hands dirty (you only learn so much watching YouTube - LOL). We dragged him to the truck, hung him in the barn and skinned him and had a cold beer.

Nice shot as well.......

https://i.imgur.com/vd6m6gt.jpg

Congrats, nice deer

Great mentoring. Congrats to his first deer and good on him to get his hands dirty.

A fine start, well done.

Heck of a nice shot! Congrats to the new guy.

fun story! love it when a noob shoots the first one.

Perfect placement, unless he admits that wasn't where he was aiming. Had this happen a few years ago, the guy made a perfect neck shot I was impressed until he told me he was aiming at the Lungs Haha.

Great for him to have a mentor, like yourself, to walk him thru the processing. Like you said, youtube can only do so much.

Right on. Congrats on his first. Would be a nice Euro mount.

Congrats to your newbie hunter, beauty shot

Congratulations to the newb!

Nice good eating buck too

Great shot congrats

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Congrats on his first

Great to see. He must have been pumped

Congrats to the both of you... That didn't take long

Well done John, this will be one to remember for the new hunter.

Congrats to the new hunter.

Good job to You helping him,and congratulation to newbie!

Amazing, awesome job

Great of you to help. A moment everyone likes to share with somebody! Nice you were there.

Very cool, congrats to the newbie. Hopefully it’s the first of many.

Congrats to the newbee

Congratulations, couldn't have asked for a better hit.

Congrats to the newbie on a great shot, obviously no buck fever there