Saturday Nov. 15th the entire family went out just to look for deer. Instead of switching car seats over to the pick-up we took the Denali instead. Obviously by the looks of the pictures we should have taken the pick-up. As we came up over a hill Craig spotted a doe... I look in the binoculars and spot a buck. Craig decides that he is going to shoot it so climbs out of the vehicle. I am trying to keep the 2 older boys quiet so we don't spook the deer as we are waiting to hear the gun shot. Craig jumps down and tells me to get in the driver seat as he is going to walk around the back side and see if he can sneak up on them. I back down the road that we were coming down and he is sneaking around the other side. The doe stands up and walks away... the buck stands up and... BAM... he runs into the corn field. I am trying to keep watching the deer in the binoculars and come across Craig motioning me (like an airplane stewardess) to go this way and that and drive (my vehicle) into the field to come and get him. So across the fields we go... bouncing all the way. (ha ha ha) As we come up on Craig he asks Payton to jump out and help him track the deer as he saw blood on the corn stalks. I thought he had missed the deer and that he ran away. Payton was so excited as he kept telling Craig... "yep, here's some blood... here's some more... THERE HE IS... YES I FOUND THE BUCK!!!" It was so awesome. That is the first time in 29 years that I have ever seen a dead deer before being gutted as well as the first time ever to see anyone ever gut a deer. The 'buck deer' was a 6-pointer but had a good size body to him. Craig said that he was very hesitant on whether he wanted to shoot him beings he wasn't so big... but since he had his family as his audience he thought he better. It was an awesome experience and I am glad that the boys got to be a part of it.
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Awesome! That sounds like a story my girls would love to experience! The boys will remember it for a long time!
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