Hunting is such a huge part of our family's life that Taylor shooting a gun is somewhat of a natural progression. So I have a teenage girl, who is hormonal and now can shoot a gun. We have eagerly been anticipating the day when she would decide to head into the woods to kill her first deer.
That day came on November 1st 2009. Her and her dad set out for the woods at 5am. They made to the hay bails where they were going to sit for the morning. About 6:15 a couple of does came out and wandered their way into the field. Taylor let them pass by and waited patiently for something bigger. Well at 6:30 bigger appeared. He was about a 100 yards away. She waited until he came a little closer. Then BOOM! her shot rang out and the buck dropped. She killed him with one shot from 88 yards away. She wanted to immediately run on see what she got. Dad told her she would have to wait 15 minutes, to make sure that he was dead. She said that was a very long 15 minutes. They made their way across the field, where dad was graciuos enough to gut it for her. When they got home, I have never seen so much pride on a father's face. I think he was as proud then as he was the day she came into this world. I was just as proud knowing how much she wanted this and seeing her success. So now there is meat in the freezer and antlers on the wall, that are her's and not her daddy's.
