This is what Thanksgiving is all about!

[Tim]

Last Friday was a fantastic day for the family.  It was the beginning of my son's Thanksgiving break from PSU.  He's on the lacrosse team so visits home just don't happen too often with his hectic schedule.  What a great feeling to have him at the dinner table with the family!  With the important things like food and story time out of the way we headed to the basement to check his bow....which naturally I already had strung and ready to go!     :p     He spent the next few days shooting and preparing to hit the woods a few days later.    

[FerretWYO]

I will be waiting. I always enjoy your stories.  

[Tim]

Sorry folks, work is always getting in the way of the fun stuff!

This little guy kept me amused most of the evening!  He was out looking for love!

   

   

A one "point" he was really close!

 

Right at dark I had four does stroll on by.  I thought they were heading one way but then they  took a quick left          The beauty of having a son who is bigger and stronger!  Drag time is soooo easy!

As I was field dressing the doe my phone vibrated in my pocket.  My son, had also shared in the fortune and had shot a nice doe!        

He said his shot looked good but maybe an inch or two back.  The WW head left us a pretty good trail but just too be sure we'd give her some time and take my deer home.  After quartering up my doe and dinner we headed back to the farm.  The trail was good but the arrow and ground sign definitely told the story....the arrow was a little farther back.  We headed home for the night     :(      The waiting game is so tough, especially on the young folks....

[Tim]

Convincing your son or daughter that everything will be fine is never easy.  Paunch hit deer are nightmares and recovery is tough.  We had a pretty good idea where she was headed but things don't always work out the way we hope.  He kept asking if the she was going to die....he knew the answer as did I.  We had to find this deer.

Morning came and we hoped back in the truck. As we were approaching the lane I told him to watch the creek bottom as we drove past.  We didn't get 20 yards and his young eyes spotted her curled up under a hemlock!      What a great feeling for both of us and wonderful gift!

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and thanks for coming along on our little hunt!

 

[LPN]

Looks the start of a great week,,Congrats on the recovery,,,

[Cottonmouth]

Thanks for sharing it!

[Wannabe1]

Great pics and harvest! Thanks for taking us along.      

[A.S.]

Great story and pics Tim!!

[Lin Rhea]

Great story. Congratulations to you both. Lin

[Mudd]

I am very happy for you both.

God bless you and your family.


His Servant
God bless,Mudd

[Chris Surtees]

   

[Bjorn]

That's a great holiday!!

[PaPaFrank]

 GOOD STUFF!

[Ringneck]

What a blessing to spend time in the woods with your son and have him home for Thanksgiving  

[rastaman]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing your hunt with us!      

[wapiti792]

Man that's a great story. Congrats to your family...that's just neat pal.  

[mcgroundstalker]

"Great Day" Is An Understatment!  

... mike ...

[Fritz]

AWESOME!!!      

[midknightrider]

Congratulations!

[rushlush]

Very cool!