After we found her and the initial yahoo factor had warn off and I was preparing to dress her out i look and see Devyn is a little misty eyed. This is a girl who has grown up around hunting and is in the woods constantly with daddy, she also has heard me preach about the right way to hunt and to always be thankful. This is the most important part of this hunt!!!! I ask her whats wrong and she says I'm a little sad, I tell her come her kiddo lets sit down and talk. So there we are the three of us sitting in the leaves....first thing I tell her is that I'm glad shes sad, we just took a life and thats a serious act. The fact that she's sad means she gets it....we then go on to talk about how taking this deer allows us to eat and take her energy as our own and the circle of life continues, even how the foxes and other critters will benefit off the gut pile. We also touch how all of nature meets it end usually in a slow desperate way, but this doe died in what we figured to be 4-6 seconds. After our little pow wow it was time to finish the job and get our doe home...
Happy trails
Almost there..
Thanks guys sorry for all the pics I just really wanted to show this experience. Make the time and get your kids in the woods it comes back ten fold. As we are driving home Devyn asks "dad next time you get one can I please come, that was alot of fun." Good luck this year. Joe
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