- Record: I harvested my biggest buck to date, a nice 8 point. You can see details here
- Record: I harvested two does in one night, one may have been my biggest ever.
- Record: All three of the deer I shot this season were during Thanksgiving week, does on Tuesday, buck on Saturday.
- Lesson: I learned that you should never shoot from a position your not comfortable with. I should have already known that, but I know now. I was crouching in a weird way, not sure exactly how I was positioned. It cost me another doe, whom I missed...twice. I was 3 for 3 before that night, now I hit 3 of 5 shots...ouch.
- Lesson: Never give up. The buck I got is the first big one I got after six years of hunting. Six years! You will get one if you hunt long enough and try hard enough.
- LIFE TIP!! I should also mention that prayer helps tremendously. I prayed for that buck that evening, and he came. No, not every single one of my prayers are answered, but without prayer, I don't think I could have shot that deer. Why, you ask? I had never seen that deer before, in person or on camera. It was a gift from God Himself. When He gives you a gift (whatever it may be, even a deer), thank Him for it.
Hope you all enjoyed this, and enjoy what's left of the North Carolina snow!
