My 9 year old son's first deer and he used a .223 AR

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CDW4ME

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Prior to today, my son had gone hunting six different times and never seen a deer. Today was his last chance for this season and he went even though the temperature was in the thirties.

Persistence paid off, this buck came from behind us, walked close to the side of the tent, and drank out of a creek 5 -7 yards right in front of us.

At this point my son was not ready to shoot because he got tickled (nervous?) and was covering his mouth trying not to laugh, but still made a couple of noises that the deer heard; thank God the deer didn't spook & run off.

Finally my son got himself together and when the deer turned broadside at 5 - 7 yards and began to walk away he shot.

The buck ran about 100 yards, but wasn't really too hard to find; the bullet had taken out one lung and the liver.

Dad and son were both very excited. :)

Rifle is a Windham SRC .223 with Bushnell TRS Red Dot.
Bullet was my handload, a 60 gr. Nosler Partition at just over 2,800 fps.

Why a .223 AR? The semiauto action dampens recoil and the adjustable stock can properly fit small stature shooters.
 

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Why a .223 AR? The semiauto action dampens recoil and the adjustable stock can properly fit small stature shooters.
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And that is why I've gone to ARs for my kids' primary hunting rifles.

Great pic and great story. Getting the giggles... That's a new one!
 
When he gets of age to take Firearms Safety, You Sir, should also attend.
That picture tells why.
Another thing about semi auto's, and i bring that up because it's happened.
The young shooter's can have trouble holding on and if the rifle gets away from them after a shot, its just like dropping it before the shot is taken except always worse, the safety is off and its loaded and ready to go.
Although you can singularly load any rifle for safety sake.

And congratulations to the young hunter! ;)
 
I noticed the position rifle first thing when I looked at the picture later. :o

I thought about setting the deer up in our back yard and taking another picture, but decided to keep the "in the feld pic".

I had unloaded the rifle after the deer was located and confirmed dead.

As far as the rifle "getting away from him", the rifle was rested on a tri-pod; it wasn't going anywhere.

We had many practice sessions over the spring, summer, fall.
I made a dummy round that would feed into the rifle after the first shot so he could safely practice getting finger off triger & putting the safety back on.

Critique my lack of not noticing the muzzle on an unloaded rifle during a photo, but please stop there.
 
We had many practice sessions over the spring, summer, fall.
I made a dummy round that would feed into the rifle after the first shot so he could safely practice getting finger off triger & putting the safety back on.
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That Dummy as a follower sounds like a very good practice!
But;
I had unloaded the rifle after the deer was located and confirmed dead.
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No such thing as.........................................................;)
 
Congratulations to Dad and Son. How old is that boy of yours? We've had the most aweful season ever here. I'm glad it's over today. PS= I don't care where you put a gun in a picture, as long as it was empty.

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The young shooter's can have trouble holding on and if the rifle gets away from them after a shot, its just like dropping it before the shot is taken except always worse, the safety is off and its loaded and ready to go.
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An Ar in .223 ain't getting away from nobody, even from a boy of small stature in the picture. I have never heard of anyone having trouble holding on to one either. There is a reason it is the most popular rifle in America today. Its one of the easiest for anyone to shoot.
 
Congratulations on a very nice buck with a very adequate rifle and bullet. Can't wait to see pictures of next years deer. Keep up your fine training.
 
Congradulations to a nice looking young fella, job well done.
Makes me think of my oldest grandson when he was that age.
He also took his first deer with an AR when he was 9 years old.

Congradulations to dad for taking the time to make this hunt happen, again job well done.
You both will have memories to share, thanks for sharing the story with us.

Best Regards
Bob Hunter
www.huntercustoms.com
 
I can see the young lads face is just beaming. (And that's all that counts.)

Again Congratulations there Young Feller. You did OK. Next year you'll have to take the pictures.> And have your dad do the nealing._:D


P. Script: CDW4ME thanks for sharing his event with us. Appreciate it.

S/S
 
Congrats man. "If you take a child hunting and fishing, you'll never have to hunt them down to go fishing"..... This rings true at my house....:)
 
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