7-year-old nails 10-point buck
Big buck: Caleb Kline, 7-years-old and from Coshocton, recently shot his first buck. He was hunting with his dad on Oct. 2, when this buck walked in at 6:30 p.m. Photo contributed to The Beacon
COSHOCTON – On only his third day of ever hunting, Caleb Kline got a deer that some hunters spend their whole life looking for.
The 7-year-old shot a 10-point buck with a crossbow while hunting with his Dad on Oct. 2.
“I’m probably the proudest dad in the world right now,” said Frank Kline, Caleb’s Dad.
Frank and Caleb went out hunting at 4 p.m. and were only in their spot for a few hours when the big buck walked into their area.
“He came in three times and then the fourth time I didn’t want to let him get away,” Caleb said. “I aimed and shot, but then I started to cry because I thought I just injured him in the leg.”
The buck took off after Caleb shot him and he and Frank were unsuccessful at finding him that evening. Their luck, however, improved the next day.
On the following morning Frank shot a 9-point buck. They went back to the house to eat breakfast before looking for it, but were so excited that they just got Brenda Kline, Caleb’s mom, and went back out into the woods without eating.
It was a good thing they got Brenda because she helped them find not only the 9-pointer, but the 10-pointer Caleb shot at 6:30 p.m. the day before.
Frank was amazed with how big Caleb’s buck actually was and called him a beast in a story he wrote up for his son to keep about their adventure.
“As we got closer, he kept getting bigger,” Frank said, in the notes from the day he wrote up for Caleb. “He is not the same 10-point I have on the trail camera. He is older and much, much bigger. This guy was a beast.”
They also discovered that Caleb hit him with a great shot.
“It was a double lunger,” Caleb said.
He still hopes to get a doe this season and is anxiously waiting for his buck to come back from the taxidermist.
“He’s got a spot picked out for it on his bedroom wall,” Frank said.
josie@coshoctoncountybeacon.com
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