The family that hunts together...

eats venison together? At least we made some memories! Brad and Kolten (oh, I guess I did, too):) got drawn for a white-tail deer hunt. They took off Thursday and hunted opening day on Friday. Then they came back to get me & Morgan to join them in the fun! Saturday morning we woke up super early so we could get to a place Brad wanted to be by sun-up. As we were driving along just after daylight, Morgan spotted a deer down in a canyon. The deer started up and ended up crossing the road. Brad & I could tell it had horns, so he was on the move!:) All I remember was telling him to drive faster, because I really didn't think we had a chance of getting to it before it was long gone. Brad stopped and jumped out of the truck and took off. I wasn't in any hurry getting Kolten & Morgan out, but then I heard a shot! I still am thinking - no way, he must've been shooting at air.:) So we caught up to him and he said the deer was just about to run out of sight, range, etc. when it just stopped. Brad already had his gun on it and took a perfect shot! At this point Kolten & Morgan are soooo excited - not to mention Brad is, too!:) Morgan was so excited that she was the one who spotted it! "I spotted it and dad shot it!" - she kept saying. We started down the mountain/hill and found the blood trail. Sorry for you squeamish ones. We followed it a ways and then sat to wait -to give the deer some time to you know - expire. Well we sat for what seemed like forever to Kolten & Morgan when we got up and walked just a little ways and there it was. Yes, dead. Brad made a nice shot through the lungs. (Didn't blow his brains out!):) So Kolten & Morgan got to be in on all of it - the hunt, the blood trail, the gutting, the carrying it back up the mountain to the truck, the skinning and cutting up the meat, and eating some the other night for dinner! Yes, they were happy!:) (This will make Grandma proud, Kolten even took a heart sandwich to school for lunch the other day):) Unfortunately Kolten or I never even saw another buck, but we were happy for Brad, who is very happy to have shot his first AZ whitetail!