 I am so glad y'all are here for today's video. It is going to be a very special one, but today we are hunting with my dad, LFD. He's one of my best friends in life and he is just a super great person. I'm gonna spend the first minute or so here bragging on my dad because he's on his way here and he won't let me do it when he gets here. It's sort of a dream I've had for a while to take my dad deer hunting. I know that sounds kind of weird because normally it's the other way around, but when I was young, my dad took me deer hunting, but he never hunted himself. He knew I was into it and he's into it as well, but he always put me before himself so he's never harvested a whitetail deer at all and I've been out here at the hunting lease and been scoping out a lot of deer and there's this Kohl buck seven pointer that I've passed up just hoping we would get the opportunity for my dad to come out here and be able to hunt that deer. So I hope it all comes together, but we're just counting our blessings here. I'm blessed to still have my dad in my life right now as I'm getting older and this is a special opportunity for us where we can still go out and hunt together. I know him physically started to get all, sorry dad, I know you're watching this right now, but there's only so many years you have with your parents. This is just gonna be a special opportunity. First thing we gotta do is get my dad on the rifle. This is the other special part of this story today is this is my grandfather's rifle. He has passed away, but when he did, he passed this down to my dad and I and my dad has given it to me and I've hunted with it, took a really nice deer last year with it. It's a 30-odd six and it's old, it's from the 70s, but it still shoots great, not past the hundred yards. It's not very accurate past the hundred yards, but we've got it set up for deer old dad and I think it would be just real, just go ahead and pre-smash the like button for my dad's, my dad's dad's rifle. We're hunting with it, getting my dad's first buck. It, woo, woo, might shed a tear on this one, y'all. So stay tuned. It's gonna be a tasty one. Huh? We're gonna go after that wall. Oh, you're kidding me. No, I'm not. Okay, you've never shot a deer? Never. We got your dad's old rifle. You know, I shot that rifle 30-something years ago. Oh, you did? I shot that exact rifle. That exact rifle, but I hadn't shot it since then. And of course, you know, my mother gave it to you in his honor and I'm excited about it. I really am, but I'm rusty, 30 years rusty. Okay, so we're gonna make, there's a little gong down there, a little steel target. You'll hear it when it hits. Right? If you can hit that, because that's about 10 inches or so, you can kill a deer, 100%. Wonderful, I can hit it. If you can hit it, we may have to hold you steady, man, I have to hold you steady on, but I think he's gonna hit it first try, but let's get dad on the table and make sure he's hitting. And then we're gonna actually review some video real quick before we go out there and kind of look at some deer, just so you don't get bug fever. So I don't get bug fever. Dad, progressive lenses and all. Sun's just starting to come out for you, man. Should have good visibility now. Okay, do you see the left little small circular target? I do. Okay, that's the one I want you to center up on and get real steady and then do a slow squeeze. This is 30 out 60 also. This thing kicks like an absolute mule. It is hard not to flinch, I'm not gonna lie, but my dad's a big guy, big strong guy, he shouldn't have any problem here. Okay, if you're on and you wanna give it a slow squeeze, just whenever you feel comfortable. Smoked it, center, punched it. That thing's a cannon. Yeah, I know, I know, but it's on at 100 yards. We can walk down there, you can see it, just to feel confident about it. Armadillo. Oh, there's an armadillo walking around. Yeah, only in Texas. I'll show you where you hit it and then we'll go look at some photos, but I don't think you need to shoot anymore, man. That was perfect. I don't either. That's a long shot. This is actually gonna be a little bit longer than where we're gonna be sitting tonight. We're probably about 80, 90 yards. So, oh yeah, that 30 out six. Ping that thing good. I mean, you were just like an inch left, but in my mind that's dead center and that thing packed an absolute punch. You can see these other marks from other rifles and that thing actually took out some of the steel. So, if that bullet gets anywhere close, through where you just hit, it's an absolute dropping deer. I'm happy for you. Yeah, I am really happy with it. So, not only did you smoke it first try, now you got a little confidence. So, to build your confidence up even more, let's go take a look at the actual deer you're gonna be hunting tonight. Cool, let's go. Okay, come on over here, Pop. So, I've got actual video footage of the deer. That's 10 point, that's one of the deer we might see. What a beautiful deer. That might be your seven right there. So, this is a really young, or not a really young, he's a nice 10 point. We just wanna let him grow another gear. He's gonna be a really awesome deer. You know, I've only seen one deer when I was in a stand, and that'll, that was the one that... The one that got away? The one I got, yeah, I got nervous on. Well, you're at least gonna see some deer here. This is him right here. So, he's got a big fork over here. See how he's... Yeah. Big fork, there's three on one side, four on the other. Here he is, I'm gonna play that back, see how much we can. 6.30, 6.40 a.m., there he is. He's an early riser. That's not him. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. There's another deer we might see. Bigs. There he is. See him there? That's a good shot of him. That forked time, that's huge. Yeah, it is. He's really wide. He's an awesome cold deer. Turkeys. So, that's him right there. Good deal. I can't wait to see him in person. Now you're gonna get nervous? I'm not gonna get nervous. I'm not gonna get nervous. I will not get buck fever. Concentrate on the shot and then I'll celebrate. You know, I haven't never killed a deer. We didn't have many where I grew up, hardly any at all. So, you know, we did dove hunting, quail hunting, hog hunting, stuff like that. And when you got older, you know, I focused on trying to help you get involved in the sports. And I've already bragged on you doing that for the first five minutes of the video. Yeah, so I just, I carried a camera at that point, but I am really excited. I'm in my 60s and I can't wait to, you know, get my first hole. Look at him right there, Dad. He's real wide. Look, he's doing a scrape right there. So that's... Yeah, he'll be coming back. Okay. Let's go get him. Let's get him. This is not funny. That's some style points. I mean, you were pretty precise, honestly, for not having a mirror. There's a mirror on the back of that video. Go and check yourself. Soon up there, y'all. I mean, Dad had a great night's sleep. Sleeping in the trucks. It's in the 30s right now, but calm. It's dead calm. The wind is gonna be like literally a couple, just, you know, one to three miles an hour out of the North. So we're gonna sneak into this blind. It's about 5.20 in the morning right now. We're gonna try to get in before 6 a.m. I've got pictures of old Big 7 coming in real early, literally like 5.36 a.m. So I'm not gonna be surprised if he's already kind of lurking in the area. And with this light, we're gonna have to definitely sneak in. But we left all of our stuff in the blind last night. So I hope we made a good decision passing up that eight last night. But I think no matter what, we're gonna see some deer this morning. It's gonna be another fun sip. My dad's gonna learn a lot. And hopefully Big 7 comes out, man. Come on. I've learned something. Isn't that grease where you don't, you know, I've squeezed easy. It always feels good. Like you caught catching the big fish and the hairy fish, you know? That's the dominant. I see your buck. Oh, you're good. I see your buck. Where is he? We got lucky we came in a good spot. He's down. He's down. He's close. I'm gonna let you find him. Just start looking around. I just, I just saw him. Oh my God. I wasn't sure the way he ran off. Go on up there. Didn't run as far as we thought. I'm so proud of him. 16, 61 years. I hadn't shot that gun in 30 years. And he made a great shot. Look how gray he is. Yeah. He's the old dominant boy. He's starting to get that kind of rounded muzzle. And, you know, he's just got this weird looking huge horn right here. He's got decent mass. You can see where he's been rubbing on everything. Just beautiful. Beautiful, man. Look at that little, he's got a little nipple on that time. Yeah, I don't think I even saw that. What a cool, unique deer, dad. I'm so glad we waited. I am too. And you've waited a long time to get your first buck. So congratulations, man. Thank you. I couldn't have done it without your fatherly help. Oh my God, look. Man, we gotta put him on the cleaning rack. We got some good meat. You're gonna eat good. Beautiful deer, man. Especially here in the cactus, Texas sunrise. Woo. Y'all, this is a special day. You better smash that like button. There's the rifle. Passed down. Yep. Three racklies. And there's your first buck, dad. First ever. I never could put you on deer. You know, you put yourself on deer, but you wound up putting me on one later on. So. Well, the most important thing is, when I got into hunting, you took the time to go and seek out places I could go hunting. How can I get my son in the outdoors, did the same thing with fishing? We both started fishing. Right. You got me into fishing. And then the hunting thing. And I just think it's so cool that now, 30 years later, now we're sitting here with your first buck. That's incredible. You know, I was nervous. And I was nervous when I shot him and he ran off. I wasn't sure that he, you know, went down at 71 yards. So he didn't run very far. You know, that, that 30 yacht six is just a heavy hitter. He's quartering away. So where you hit him right there, that bullet's actually moving more towards his shoulder coming out the backside. So made a great shot and lunged him and he didn't go very far. And what a unique deer, man, with a unique seven point coal buck. I literally saw it on the first time I came out here just scoping out deer, checking things out. I'm like, man, that's such a cool deer. And I was like, that'd be awesome if I could get LFD out here. Oh yeah. Yeah, you text me a picture of him two weeks ago. Three weeks ago. Yeah, I did. Kind of get you excited. And I was like, man, come on out, come on out. And we turned down at eight point last night to get to this guy. Right. That was a risky kind of deal. But I thought it was cool that we could sit there and watch the deer learn. We literally got to see rut behavior going on. And if we didn't shoot anything today, we'd still have a great time watching all the deer. And so it was just an awesome, two awesome sits and it's awesome ending, obviously, but you ought to be proud of that deer right there. I'm very proud of it. I'm happy about it. And it took me a long time. I hadn't shot this gun in 31 years. So it's good times. Thank you. So awesome. So thank you guys so much for tuning in to this special episode today. If you don't smash the like button, something's wrong with you. Today's video, sponsored by dads everywhere. Thank you dads for getting your children into the outdoors. It's pretty cool. Come full circle here. So you guys stay tuned. We're going to be doing some more stuff out here at the lease. There's a deer right behind us. There is literally a spike, 20 yards. I'm not kidding you. I think you got it on film. He was literally walked through the frame, I think. So thank you guys for tuning in today. Good luck on your next outdoor adventure and we'll see you soon. I think he walked through the fire.