Man, to see the outdoors bug bite him is awesome! He wanted some new hunting clothes, a bait caster and tackle box, a rattle pack (for fighting, lol), and a grunt tube for Christmas. I told him we’d also have him his own suppressed rifle for next season. He’s about to talk me into a suppressed .22 to shoot squirrels while we wait for deer, lol. I’m hoping to get him his first turkey this coming Spring!!
We looked at his license history, and he killed a doe in 2020. A buck in ‘22 and ‘24. So he went maybe 4-5 times over those years and that was it. It was this past Spring that something clicked and he loves to go. Even my younger son Zac has gotten back into it. He and CJ are in competition to see who can kill the fattest doe. They’re both at 5 each and 1 buck each.
What’s even cooler is my wife going. Now she just wants to go watch, but that’s fine with me too. We have a blast in the stand and she’s gotten really good at spotting deer. We’ve been blessed with an outstanding rut and she’s “cheering” for the does, lol. She’s like “run girl, run!” I’ll be honest, I think it’s really brought us closer together. Not that we were far apart, but y’all know what I mean. I even hear her talking to her girlfriends on the phone telling them about our hunts, lol.
