Christian West, 1st Deer, 95lb. Doe, 128, 1/30/2010!!

I guess I should start at the beginning, Jason West, my good friend and hunting buddy has had one single goal all season long, and that was for his son, Christian to get his first deer! Well as it sometimes does, it came down to the last weekend! Jason brought Christian out Friday Morning and Evening and Christian, a new hunter and excited kid, got two shots at two does, and missed both times (they were long shots, and I don't think he cared one bit, after his first miss he turned around to his Daddy and said: "This is the best hunt EVER, Daddy!" You gotta love spirit like that!) If it was about the experience, Christian already had one heck of a weekend!

Well while his Daddy (Jason West) was cooking for the entire camp in the 4th Annual CACO, Brad Savage offered to take little Christian West out for the last evening hunt of the year. Well Christian didn't know that 3 times the charm just yet. So the way I understand it, they went to 128, and three does came out. Brad asked Christian if he wanted to shoot, to which he immediately replied YES!!!!!! LOL!! So Brad helped Christian get ready and take his time, and wait for the right shot. And that is what Christian did, dropped his first doe in the green field for a hunt he will NEVER FORGET in his lifetime! (FYI: Christian you can always say that your first deer was twice the deer of your Daddy's first!!!! LOL) Brad said we can wait and get another one, to which Christian said OK, and about a minute and a half later changed his mind!!!! LOL... That boy was ready to go get his deer!!!!

Well, the CACO didn't matter anymore when the new young hunter brought in his first deer, and that is EXACTLY the way it should be. The CACO was great, but all of us cheering on Christian's experience was better. Daddy did the honors and bloodied up his son, Brad followed, and I got a streak as well, it was AWESOME and this was one proud boy! He didn't want to wash it off just so he could go home and show his Momma the next day! I love that!!!!

On a more personal note, I have to shoot a sincere Thank You to Brad Savage for being an awesome young man he is to Christian and basically all of the young kids at camp! To take this boy out and share this experience with him the right way! (And I know for a fact that Thank You goes triple from Christian's old man!) So thank You Brad, and GREAT JOB Christian for closing out the Fur & Feather 2009-2010 hunting season with a hunt and story we will all remember for years to come! (I'm going to try and upload the video to and hope it works!)

Jimmie Loats Jr. 6 Point, 137 (2 Bucks in one season, NO WAY!)

I know, it is hard to believe myself! I actually got two bucks in one season, heck I was happy with the 5 point a couple of weeks ago, but this one just begged for it a little too much!

Sitting at 137 for the first time in probably 2.5 years, enjoying the morning view like you have to at 137, I saw two spikes already and around 8 AM this guy starts RUNNING FULL BLAST from around 112 (which is the next ridge over) coming right down the gas line. I just looked with my binoculars because I usually won't shoot at a running deer, and this one was at 500 yards, so there was no way. Well he kept running closer and closer, and I was just watching, then at about 250 yards I saw the 4 on one side and actually thought he was a 7-8 point. He came through the field in the bottom and I put up the gun and started whistling and he just kept coming! Finally he got so close, he ran right by me, I threw the gun out the back window and as yelled "HEY!!!!" just about as loud as I could. He stopped for 1 second, and that was it, the new T/C 7 Mag handled the rest! A 600 Yard run just to get shot out the back window at 45 yards! He ended up only have a fork on the other side making him a 6 point, but I'll take him anyway!! 3 deer in one year is pretty much unheard of by me, but we are gonna eat good this year!!!!

A special thanks to Britt and Chris Lemley who came out and loaded him up for me a couple of hours later because my back was messed up! Thank you Fellas!

THE 4TH ANNUAL CACO (COON ASS COOK OUT)

Well with another year, we had our almost traditional Coon Ass Cook Out, where we all enjoy each other's company for the last Saturday Evening of Hunting Season! It was COLD COLD COLD this year, but those crawfish, vegetables, and crabs did the trick of warming us all up Cajun Style!

I guess I sort of shorted the pictures this year of the actual feast, but not without good reason! While Master Chef, Jason West was busy cooking for the entire club, Brad Savage stepped up to the plate and took little Christian West out to get his first deer ever, a 95 pound doe off of 128! Well as always, any kid's first deer basically trumps anything else going on! It was great, the entire camp was proud of him, and the crawfish and crabs just sort of took a back seat to the moment, as they should!

Brandon O'Dazier scoring in the last couple of days!

After going all year since openning weekend of Bow Season, Old Brandon was looking, and he got one in the last couple of days, this 4 Point is actually a great deer to take, the right side was all messed up and the deer was fairly large for a bad rack!
Good Job, Brandon, glad you got one before it was over!

OB Schmidt 6 Point 139

OB actually found his deer on 139 (Well, maybe I should say Bit Savage did a couple of days later!) Regardless, they found him! Beautiful 6 Point! What I love about OB, is even when he shot, he said I believe it was only a big 6 Point, a lot see a rack like this, and start shooting, not OB, he always knows what he is shooting at, if it costs him the shot, he doesn't make it! Too bad he can't find the deer after that!! JUST KIDDING JUST KIDDING! Great Job, OB and Bit!

Sandy Lemley 5 Point

Just trying to catch up here with the last week of the season:

Sandy Lemley 5 Point on 96