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But still a nice day.

CJD3

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My youngest wanted to go deer hunting this season but had no range time in w/ a gun so I would not let her carry BUT I did offer to let he go, sit in a blind and do everything else. She rose early with me this morning, filled her thermos w/ hot chocolate as I filled mine w/ coffee. I dropped her off at a pop-up blind before sunrise I had thrown up yesterday so she could be out, fidget, surf and move but still be hidden. (about 350-400 yards from me. )She did great the first 3 hours so I traded w/ her and she sat the last hour in the ladder stand.

Sadly, not a single deer offered its self up so my baby girl could experence a successfulll deer hunt in person.
Happly, I had a great time with her on a morning and evening hunt. It was good shit.

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Beauty
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I saw this shot the other day and liked it so I tried for one myself.
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and the Beast.
or maybe Hemingway comes to mind...
"He was a old man who sat alone in a tree and he had gone 4 days with out seeing a deer"
(as in " The old man and the sea...)
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Damn. Just realized that 6-7 years ago I had my older daughter in that same ladder stand for a regular season hunt. What a difference in the old Pine tree.

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That's great Jim! My little girl (5) was looking at the pics with me. She gets excited to see other girls hunting, and last night she told her Mom & I that she was going to be a hunter when she grows up!