The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter Page #2

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All right. Fly on the wall.

I'm not here. Go.

Why don't you have a seat next to me?

I wanna give you something.

What is it?

Open it, son.

An old gun.

Not just any old gun.

It's a Winchester .30-30.

That rifle belonged

to your grandfather.

My father passed it down to me

when I went on my first deer hunt.

Today, I'm giving it to you.

I'm passing down

this lever-action rifle to you,

- as I'm passing down the whitetail legacy.

- Boom!

So now I got two guns.

Jaden, please, I'm trying to share

something with you, son.

My bad. Continue.

This rifle symbolizes

the bond of family.

Fathers teaching their sons to hunt

is a rite of passage as old as time.

With this rifle

comes great responsibility.

And what we're doing out here

is learning to be a man.

When you see your first whitetail

deer, it'll look cute and fluffy,

but you can't get

into those feelings.

We can honor the deer,

but we can't love it.

I'll honor the deer

by splitting his dang eyebrows.

- Can I offer one criticism here?

- Well, sure, son.

The one thing that Greg's gun has

over this one is a laser sight.

That's the one thing.

Is it possible to take off

the laser sight from Greg's gun

and screw it on this old gun?

Or just think of

this one as a backup?

Let's cut, Don. I think we got that.

D for disaster

E for my eyes

A for my anger

D before I die

Dead moon night,

dead moon night

Jaden. Jaden.

Put those away

and help me look for this deer.

Let me finish this track.

This is my favorite song.

- Now.

- Fine.

I'm hungry. You know what I could go

for? Turkey panini. Paninis are good.

We've been out here 20 minutes.

Have patience.

I am patient.

But I'm starting to get hungry.

I haven't even got

to shoot my gun.

I thought we'd be straight

killing stuff the whole time.

- This is boring.

- Okay.

We are gonna shoot the guns.

Hunting's about more than just

killing. It's about patience.

Can I call Caroline

and tell her that I can't call her?

So she won't worry.

No. Caroline will be fine.

Focus on the deer.

What deer?

Shh!

- Whitetail. Jaden, whitetail.

- Where?

Across that field there.

I see it.

- This is awesome.

- Go get your rifle.

Do you see that? Amazing.

That is a nice first deer.

- What are you doing with that thing?

- Fixing to shoot this dang deer.

Put down Greg's gun

and get your grandfather's rifle!

Fine. Dang.

Right there.

Should I go ahead and

punch the time card?

No, not yet.

Just keep him in your sights.

I will.

There it is.

Drop him now?

No, not yet. Wait until he stops.

Yes, sir.

Oh, my God! I can't believe

this moment is here.

Take the shot.

What the hell is that?

Caroline.

Because you were supposed to call me

back! Nothing. What are you doing?

Swimming? That's cool.

I'll ask my dad if I

can come over later.

Actually, no, I'm not.

It's just weird.

If you don't like him,

why would you wanna go?

That's what I don't get.

But y'all ain't even friends.

I just think it's peculiar.

I know why it's peculiar!

I'm the one who taught you that!

I'm afraid to say it,

but I'm worried about Jaden.

I feel like right before the divorce,

like something bad has happened

and there's no way of stopping it.

Oh, no, no. Come on, now.

He's just got himself

a little girlfriend. That's all.

I know. But we're talking about

Jaden's future here.

He's 12 years old.

Getting older every day.

If he doesn't take to hunting now,

he may never.

Oh, hey, now. Come on.

It's still very early on the trip.

We got a few days now, huh?

He ain't doing too bad.

Don't worry.

You think he has bigger muscles

than me? Seriously?

Have you seen me lately?

- I love you, too.

- At least he's thinking about p*ssy.

Call me in five minutes.

- Tell me you got that.

- Oh, I got it.

Jumping Joseph!

You see the size of that thing?

- It's huge.

- Oh, my God!

I've never seen anything like it.

Look at that drop tine.

That's gotta be at least 20 points.

- How old do you think it is?

- At least five years old.

That's what I call a non-typical.

God!

That was pretty cool.

That deer looked crazy.

I gotta say. I was having my doubts.

This changes everything.

- That non-typical is a sign from God.

- Amen.

That deer is God saying

that this trip is blessed.

- Hallelujah.

- That deer is our destiny,

and it will take us

to the promised land.

We're gonna follow

that trail upriver.

Oh, my God, son...

If you could kill that deer...

Oh, my Lord.

Should we start tracking it, Buck?

It's too late for

ground-hunting tonight.

We'll probably make camp

right here on this sacred ground.

Mmm-hmm. Yeah.

That's good, 'cause my underwear's

riding up something serious.

- Oh, you got swamp ass.

- Probably. It's wet as hell down there.

Don, those hot beans

are smelling delicious.

Jaden, you'll love these.

How do you make them spicy, again?

- Piquante salsa.

- Salsa.

Mixes hot salsa with the beans.

Your mouth will thank you,

but your butthole will hate you.

This is a real ring-stinger.

There you go. Home sweet home.

Sleeping on the ground is

gonna play hell on my back.

Who's sleeping on the ground?

- What is it?

- It's an air mattress.

Mattress Masters gave

it to me to try out.

Got king size. Inflatable box

springs. Attachable bed skirt.

I guess that's better than nothing.

I'd say it's a lot

better than nothing.

Your back will think it's sleeping

on a bed of feathers.

You're pretty good

at this outdoorsy stuff.

I've been doing it my whole life.

Don't worry.

You'll be good at it, too, one day.

I guess. I've always considered

myself more of a Marriott guy.

By the way, I'm noticing

a butt-ton of blood on your boots.

It's good luck. It's what

happens when you kill a deer.

- That's nasty.

- Yeah. But it's tradition.

I remember my dad always had blood

on his boots from hunting.

I used to look at them with envy.

I had these clean Buster Brown boots.

I couldn't wait to get blood on them.

Then one day, when I killed my first deer,

the first thing I did was run over there,

I stuck my boots underneath,

I sloshed all around.

Got them completely covered.

I bet by the time this trip's over,

you'll have blood all over your boots.

Nuh-uh. These are Timberlands.

You'll see.

I'll just turn this thing on now.

There we go.

There we go. A bit for me.

- There we go. Thank you.

- A lot for Don.

Little bit of whiskey for

Jaden there. There you go.

All right. A toast.

To past victories and future success.

To fathers and sons.

And to that big old non-typical!

Whoo-hoo!

Whoo!

That burns more than scotch.

When have you ever had scotch?

Greg let me have a sip.

Scotch.

I like my whiskey American.

Just like my cheese.

In all my world travels, I've had

Swiss cheese, French Brie cheese,

every kind of cheese you can name.

And I like processed

American slices the best.

Kraft cheese melts the best.

That's why I like it.

I'm just not one who thinks

it's better 'cause it's foreign.

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