End of the Season
Lillian ended the Arkansas deer season on a high note yesterday. She got the 8pt she and Matt had been hunting the last few weeks last night. (You might remember this was on her list of goals on he mirror from a few posts ago) She got those first two during the opening weekend last month, and on the half dozen (or more) hunts they’d been on since, they hadn’t seen another. And I don’t mean that they just hadn’t seen a deer that they wanted to shoot, they literally hadn’t seen another one until this weekend. But they got him and couldn’t be more excited! It was so cool to hear her tell the story of how it happened. And not only did she get him, she learned some lessons on blood trailing and cleaning, and she got to use the pocket knife Matt gave her for the first time. He said she could have done it herself, but he helped because it was late and they were hungry. π They are making some amazing memories and bonds that will last a lifetime. Before that hunt, they had gone duc...