SO LETS SET IT UP. I GET HOME FROM WORK. MY 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IS WAITING ANXIOUSLY FOR HER FIRST ARCHERY HUNT. I QUICKLY GET READY AND OFF WE GO. ON THE WALK OUT TO THE STAND I REPEATED ALL WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST ABOUT GROUND BLIND HUNTING. I GET HER SET IN THE BLIND AND I FINISH MAKING A SCENT TRAIL(HAWGS RUT). I RETURN TO THE BLIND AND BOTH OF US GET SET. "OK READY" I ASKED "YEP" SHE REPLIED. WE SAT MOTIONLESS FOR ABOUT 5 MIN WHEN HERE CAME A BEAUTIFUL 6 POINT, WITH HIS NOSE IN THE AIR SNIFFING THE SCENTS THAT I HAD APPLIED. WHEN HE WALKED AROUNG A PINE TREE MY DAUGHTER WAS AT FULL DRAW. HE PRESENTED HIMSELF AND "WHAM". HE RAN ABOUT 30 YARDS AND THAT WAS ALL SHE WROTE. A PERFECT SHOT(WOULD HAVE BEEN A 10 IN A 3D COMP).

WELL I CANNOT BE PROUDER. AFTER TWO YEARS OF CONSTANT PRACTICE SHE HARVESTED A 186(DRESSED) POUND ,6 POINT. I STILL HAVE TEARS IN MY EYES WHILE WRITING THIS POST. THIS WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING DAYS OF MY LIFE, I KNOW IT WAS ONE OF HERS. THIS WAS A MOMENT THAT WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN BY EITHER ONE OF US.

TAKE YOUR KIDS TO THE WOODS WITH YOU. YOU WILL NOT BE SORRY.

SORRY TO BE SENTAMENTAL, GUESS YOU HAVE TO BE THERE.

HUINT ON HUNT HARD EAT WELL