The Hunt

This is the first deer hunt since I started shooting deer that I didn't get one opening morning. Instead I ended up shooting this guy in about the last 10 minutes of day light on Wednesday the closing day of the hunt. He's a pretty nice little 4 point, and he measured 18 inches wide. My dad shot a 5 point and David P. shot a pretty wide 4 point. We got all 3 out on my Grandma's land in Eastland. It was a good hunt for all of us. Andy didn't draw out this year, so instead he was a good driver for me. He actually spotted this deer, I thought it was just a doe and told him to keep going, but he said that it had horns. There was a doe right in front of it though, so I was a little nervous of shooting too low and killing the doe, plus it was a pretty long shot, about 200-250 yards, but luckily I hit this buck right in the middle of the chest, he ran about 3 ft. and dropped. Andy did the gutting since it was getting pretty dark, it was FREEZING cold, and we needed to hurry, but Derek and I helped hold the legs :) Derek is our nephew, Suzie's son. He was staying with us while his mom and dad took Taylor and Brielle up to State Cross Country. (Taylor, a sophomore, took 7th overall, and Brielle, a freshman, took 9th, but the girls team ended up taking STATE!!!!) Anyway, It was a lot of fun to have him go hunting with us. This was his first hunt, but don't let that fool you, because he made a pretty darn good hunter. He kept Andy company in the truck, he was even getting pretty good at spotting deer. Thanks for helping us Derek!

Derek and I holding up our prize.

We always take them to my Dad's to skin them. This is just one last picture before the coat comes off :)

Andy and my Dad being very nice and skinning my deer.