Kalin's First Deer

On the opening morning of Kalin's first

deer hunt (that he had a tag), we jumped in

the old truck that Terry used to go hunting

in with his dad when he was a kid, and headed

out! We first went up above the

KOA north of Glendale. It was really thick

up there, but we did see a huge buck - running!

So he didn't take any shots,

but we saw some great country!

Here is the view down on the KOA...
Here is the view from the KOA up
to where we were looking down.
Most of the fall leaves were gone,
but there were still a few trees
that hadn't dropped their leaves yet.
The quakies were so pretty!
After going on a few hikes and having
lunch, we all got a little tired...

Monday morning Terry & Kalin

went back out after taking Sunday off.

They headed out to the sand dunes

and then spotted this nice little

4-point.

He dropped it with one shot.

The mighty hunter!

Great job, Kalin!

Kalin was pretty excited - and

so was Dad! It's always fun to

pass along the old hunting stories

& traditions to your kids. And

teach an appreciation for our rights and

that meat doesn't just come from the store.

I think Kalin's hooked!

The fun thing for me was that he

got his first deer on my birthday!

And he shot it with the gun that

I shot my first deer with:

a Winchester 30.30 lever action

with open sights. It's a great gun!

I think I was more excited for him

than I was when I got my first one!

It was a fun hunt - we were a little sad

when it was over!