Father and son share deer hunting experience
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COSHOCTON COUNTY – Mike Downs Jr. killed his first deer in 1992 while hunting with his father, who is also named Mike. “I remember feeling an overwhelming rush of adrenaline,” Mike Jr. said. “I was 12-yearsold at the time.” This year Mike Jr. got to watch his son Carter experience the same exciting moment on his first deer hunt. “He killed his first deer during the youth season,” Mike Jr. said. “He’s 6-years-old, half age I was, but he got it in the same place I took mine. It was meant to be. It was a frosty morning and steam was coming out of his mouth because he was breathing so hard. I told him to hold his breath and get the sites on the deer. He pulled the trigger and the deer fell right there.” Mike Jr. said the deer was 10 yards in front of them. “He was at the deer before I had a chance to
TO THE BEACON get out of the blind,” Mike Jr. said. Mike Jr. is from Fitchville, but said his family has hunted in Coshocton County since 1990. “There is really good hunting here,” Mike Jr. said. The property the family hunts on is owned by Philip Brown, who gives them the run of the place. “My neighbor was letting them hunt and since the property was side by side I started letting them hunt on mine too,” he said. Mike Jr. appreciates the hospitality of the property owners his family works with. “We are fortunate to have landowners who are real welcoming,” he said. Brown enjoys working with the Downs family. “They behave and don’t give me any trouble,” Brown said. “They are good guys and actually come down all year because they also bow hunt. They are here from the start of the season to the end.” Mike Jr. said the family’s whole year revolves around deer season. “We scout where to put our stands, look for sheds, check our cameras and all that good stuff,”
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Carter Downs shot his first deer in exactly the same spot his father did 19 years ago. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED