Hey everyone!

I am surprised at the amount of response this thread has gotten. You people are all so nice, I appreciate your support. I am definately addicted to hunting now, and hopefully I will get another one this year. Even if I don't, though, I'm happy since I've gotten my first deer now! I have never been so happy as when I found that deer at the end of the blood trail. No one else in my family hunts but I'm going to try to get my 8 year old sister, Hannah, into it. She is very interested in hunting, and taxidermy, and likes to watch me and help out whenever she can. I have taken her squirrel hunting with me before and she really enjoyed helping me track the deer yesterday, I have her to thank for alot since it would have taken me longer to find it without her help.

Stealthycat-- I cut the deer like that because it's easier to hide the stitches in the longer back fur as opposed to the belly, like Livbucks said. It's also a whole lot easier to get the hide on the body form with an incision like that.

And Rob- I changed my username because something is wrong with the old one. I didn't forget my password, but it just wouldn't let me login. It's been like that for weeks. Rather than try to figure it out, I just made up a new name. Hopefully that won't happen to this one.

-Amy