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Finelyshedded and daughters Rollercoaster season of 2015-16

I think I have hear or read parts of this a couple times already. I was still latching onto every word Ric. You have a gift brother. Gifted story teller, father, and hunter. Combine the three and it is something special. Congrats to you and Karissa. You two have put in some serious time hunting together and I couldn't imagine the roller coaster ride. Getting those texts as you were climbing down following the shot on your deer had to be some serious euphoria!
 
Great stuff! A lot of college kids have "plans" for the weekend...love that Karissa had plans with you!!!
 
I can't imagine a better outcome for a tough situation with Karrisa's buck. Congratulations on yours also!
 
Gern186 said:
Congrats again Ric.

Are you having your buck mounted or doing a European mount?
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Chad, yes I am having my buck mounted but by my longtime buddy Stacey! Stacey has started doing some mounting of his own and does a very nice job. It will help him hone is new found craft to do mine but most importantly because he's a great friend. He also was apart of Henry every step of the way from being one of our hunt club members to sharing TC pics of him to the recovery and the caping of him I thought what better way to cap it all off than to have him mount him for me.

Stacey also mounted one other deer(Halloween buck) for me and did an outstanding job saving my cape and doing a great job bringing him back to life on my wall.

Thanks again everyone as I'm still riding high as is Karissa! What a feeling!

I've been going over and over in my head on what I saw through the video camera screen as it wasn't recording...errr, what I would have liked to have seen different that might have led to a quick and humane harvesting of Karissa's deer and all I would probably change would be lowering her POI a few inches. Her left and right was great and although her POI was where the top 1/3 meets the middle 1/3 and her bolt was angling downward at about 30 degrees it might have hit the heart as well as the right lung had she been a tad lower. I'll prolly relive this dang scenario till I keel over but that's prolly what I'll tell Karissa at some point. Just hate seeing any deer suffer or not recovered and just wish I did have the tape to view and share with you but more importantly use it as a learning tool.
 
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hickslawns said:
I think I have hear or read parts of this a couple times already. I was still latching onto every word Ric. You have a gift brother. Gifted story teller, father, and hunter. Combine the three and it is something special. Congrats to you and Karissa. You two have put in some serious time hunting together and I couldn't imagine the roller coaster ride. Getting those texts as you were climbing down following the shot on your deer had to be some serious euphoria!
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Totally agree Phil. Ric could write for North American Whitetail the magazine. His ability to write and put you in the stand with him is a gift. I know Iam not the only one that sees or feels this way.
Congrats on another great season Bro!
 
Full bore said:
Totally agree Phil. Ric could write for North American Whitetail the magazine. His ability to write and put you in the stand with him is a gift. I know Iam not the only one that sees or feels this way.
Congrats on another great season Bro!
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Let's not go that far!!! Thanks for the compliment though! I tend to ramble on and last I had a copy of NAW they aren't Sears and Roebuck catalog size yet! Lol

Thanks again everyone!
 
Congrats on a very successful season. Glad to hear that karissa's buck was found. I am sure both of you are still excited. Thank you for sharing. What a great read.
 
Thanks again everyone. A little while ago Karissa got home from school and I sent her the link to this thread so she can read what I typed up for the very first time. The smile on her face and the appreciation of all of your compliments made her very happy!

Thanks TOOville!!! Y'all are great!
 
Son of a.... Man O MAN...! I'm glad I waited to read this, that's a mighty good write up. Congrats to the both of you and everyone else involved. Talk about some good people all the way around...kinda speechless about all of that. A lot to be thankful for. THANK YOU for sharing!!!
 
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