I've got five kids. My oldest (12 today!) hunts and shehas had several close calls in the last two years. I'm hoping this is her year. I'm going to be focusing much of my energy on getting her a deer.

This was last year after a realy close encounter with a nice 8 point.


And then there is my buddy Chris. Chris is a boy from my church. He's 16 and small for his age. He's also got alot of health problems to include his kidneys. He's a good kid and unfurtunatly his dad is very busy trying to make ends meet (medical bills and all) So his dad hasn't had a ton of time to spend with him in the woods. Plus at 16 he and his father don't see eye to eye alot of times. So I decided last year to get Chris in my stand. He was hopping for his first buck and second deer. Long story short, he got buck fever on a half rack buck at 35 yards (gun season) We went twice and had a blast. I'm taking him again this year. Maybe I'll get both of them thier firsts this year.

Here is Chris near where my buck fell a couple weeks prior.




And here is the rest of the crew. My second daughter and my son also like tagging alone when soccer schedules and theweather allow. They also love shooting a bow. I should also mention the oldest has a selfbow I made her and dang is she good. won't be long she'll easily outshoot me.



Unfortunatly my father and grandfather have gotten out of it. I wish they would hunt with me but they don't They did come and help me this past season with my buck and I got some great pics with them. It made it so much better that 2 of the people I care about the most got to share that time with me. I guess I'll take what I can get.