RED HEADS!

Cody, the mighty hunter!

Yesterday Cody, Barry, Bubba and Greg watched a group of deer out behind our house. Among the does was a 6 point buck. It was a long shot, about 225 yards, but Cody was game. He rested the gun on the fence, took many deep breaths and after Barry talked him through it he took a shot. The buck jumped straight up in the air and ran off. Did you hit him, they all asked.

It was around 4:45 - 5:00 so not much daylight was left. The search was on but came up empty handed. When they first went into the woods a deer ran off, which made everyone think that that was the buck.

The next morning Barry went out and found some sign in a different area (where the deer entered the woods) that said the deer could be near by.

After a funeral today we went and picked Cody up at school (around 11:00 a.m.) and took him back out to the woods for a new search. It didn't take long with a new area to look. The deer was approx. 60 yards from where he was shot. The other deer we saw the night before was just a different deer. The weather dropped down around 32 degrees so no worries about him spoiling.

Getting ready for the search.

Almost a perfect shot - we were all amazed that the deer got as far as he did w/ a shot to his shoulder.

Dumb Polaris - broken again!

Starting the cleaning process...

Good job Cody!

Congratulations on your first deer!