Sunday, October 21, 2012

Three Generations in the Field Together!

Opening day started out perfect with Clint, Bill, Dane and I headed out to the property to see if we could find a doe for Bill.  Well, after belly-crawling out to the edge and watching two little bucks for a bit, this beautiful doe appeared and Bill made a great shot and had filled his doe permit the very first morning!
 Then we headed out to some other land in the area.  After unsuccessfully stalking some whitetails for a bit, we decided to set up on some mule deer that were just dropping into one of the coulees.  In the process, we bumped this beautiful buck.  Despite high winds and a long distance (337 yards!) Clint made an amazing shot on this monster.  Not only did it have nice horns, it was by far the biggest bodied whitetail we have taken.  Congrats to my hubby on harvesting a really nice deer!
 Dane did really well throughout both hunts.  He hiked well, kept quiet most of the time and thought his Dad's deer was pretty awesome!

 It was so cool that we had the three generations of Houstons out in the field sharing a tradition that they have enjoyed for years!  Not to mention I was fortunate enough to tag along and enjoy the day with them!

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