Deer Hunt 2010

Well... I haven't written anything for a while... and I am bored on this... fantastic Sunday.. ha So i figured I would post a picture and the short story of my deer.

...THE SAID DEER...

Well.... there he is... a small 3x4...  shot him the 28th of October 2010. (Definitely shot him one too many times). Once in the butt, once in the back, one in the hind leg, one in the front leg,... and the shot that killed him in the neck). When I got home, my family was making fun of me, they all said that I was dressed to go to the mall, but there was no way I was gonna take anytime to change outta my cloths, and miss a shot at a deer, I was desperate for some deer meat!

THE STORY: Went out hunting the full five days, and only saw one buck on the way to Kolob, and couldn't shoot him, cuz he was on private property, and in the Zion Park boundaries. Then end up freezing my butt off while sitting on a rock, didn't see a thing... that night i'm all bummed I didn't get anything. The next day my brothers friend calls him up, and informs us that because i'm 18 I can hunt the full 9 days. Lucky for us, his friend Sergio had been staring at this 3x4 for a half hour, and it wasn't going anywhere. So we drove down to Browse, thinking this deer was just off the road, and it would be an easy kill, and we would just be able to load it up in the truck.... that was NOT the case at all.... first of all, I didn't realize it was getting dark when I shot it, second of all, I didn't realize how far away we were from the truck. (I think I got a little excited hiking down that I didn't realize how far we had gone) ha :/ We end up having to drag this deer 1/2 mile through this tedious rocky, sagebrush canyon, and the only words I can think of to describe that venture was hell! We had to drag it across the river at least 12 times, up over some huge boulders, and we had drug it so long that its hair began to wear down, and in some places it was worn down nearly to the hide... I have definitely learned my lesson about shooting a deer in a canyon when its getting dark. Hopefully its worth it when we get it back from the butcher, cuz i'm looking forward to some deer jerky!