Took my two oldest boys to Salt Plains this weekend as well. We were in Cabin 6.
My 12 yr old had his doe down at 1:30 on Friday so hopes were really high. He didn't run into a buck the rest of the trip. My 14 yr old had a couple issues, 1st doe gun misfired (think the bolt wasn't all the way closed) just clicked with a lite primer strike. 2nd and 3rd doe he hit a tree in front of deer, we were hunting in some thick stuff and really couldn't see the small trees that he hit. He was really frustrated but did well keeping his composer and continuing to hunt. Sunday we set up and had deer all around us only shot available for him was a nice little 8 pt that he couldn't shoot. He came to within about 5-7 yrds of us and just hung out for a bit. It was a lot of fun.
We were in Unit F (just south of Headquarters). Both boys saw a lot deer and had a great time, we will for sure be putting in next year for the hunt.
Hard to see but this is the 8 pt that was playing with us sunday morning.
My 12 yr old had his doe down at 1:30 on Friday so hopes were really high. He didn't run into a buck the rest of the trip. My 14 yr old had a couple issues, 1st doe gun misfired (think the bolt wasn't all the way closed) just clicked with a lite primer strike. 2nd and 3rd doe he hit a tree in front of deer, we were hunting in some thick stuff and really couldn't see the small trees that he hit. He was really frustrated but did well keeping his composer and continuing to hunt. Sunday we set up and had deer all around us only shot available for him was a nice little 8 pt that he couldn't shoot. He came to within about 5-7 yrds of us and just hung out for a bit. It was a lot of fun.
We were in Unit F (just south of Headquarters). Both boys saw a lot deer and had a great time, we will for sure be putting in next year for the hunt.
Hard to see but this is the 8 pt that was playing with us sunday morning.