Deer Hunt

Hunting has always been a part of my life. I am happy to say, now that I am married, it still is. Even more so then I could have ever imagined! Bryce is...obsessed is probably the best word choice. Not in a negative way, but he really does LOVE to go all out!

Doesn't he look good in his camo?!

This year we took a couple days off to spend the opening of the deer hunt in the Boulder Mountains. Bryce loves to hunt down there. He went down there with his dad the first time her ever went bow hunting. He has been hooked ever since! I don't really blame him. It is a very beautiful place!

Our camping party consisted of me, Bryce, my mom, my dad (for the weekend only), and Scott Twiss. Scott is my boss's husband and an even more obsessed hunter than Bryce. He was a fun addition to the family outing!

We had a lot of fun in the Boulders! It rained almost every day, but we still had beautiful weather! The boys had a great time hunting and I had fun relaxing at camp with my parents. I spent some time out on the mountain with Bryce too and that was very fun! I grew up road hunting for the most part. So, spending time sneaking around the woods is not something I have spent too much time doing. We saw a lot of deer (bucks, does, and fawns), some wild turkeys, we got POURED on during an evening hunt, and we saw a double rain bow. I really appreciated being able to enjoy nature with Bryce! He is so much fun :)


Some fun pictures from our hunt at the Boulder Mountains.

Unfortunately, we came home form the trip empty handed. Bryce saw 14 bucks in all and even got a couple shots off, but nothing. I think he really wanted to shoot something, but I also think he was OK with not getting anything because that meant his hunt could continue.

The next time we went out hunting we went up Blacksmith Fork Canyon. The first deer we saw was a pretty nice 4 point. Bryce jumped out and started to sneak. If you did not know, it is hard to be sneaky for deer. Needless to say, between the dry ground cover, the steep hill, and Bryce's not-so-sly way of tromping up after the deer, he was never able to get a shot off. He came back down and we continued up the road. That evening we saw several more deer, shot at one, and came home empty handed again.

Bryce went hunting up the same canyon the next evening with my dad. They saw the same 4 point buck, Bryce shot at another 2 point buck, and again, they came home with nothing.

One would think at this point a hunter (Bryce) would get very discouraged...wrong! Bow hunting is not an easy task! The hunter must get pretty close to the animal to be able to get a good shot off. If they hit the animal, often times the animal is able to run quite a ways, and finding it then becomes the challenge. Persistence is the key here! Bryce is very good at being persistent!

The next morning, before school, Bryce headed up the same canyon in hopes to find something to shoot. Well...if you can see the picture below, HE DID!!! The same 4 point he had been seeing was right near the road and he was able to get a great shot off. He hit the deer in the lungs and it dropped right where he shot it!! YAY!

Bryce's trophy buck! Not bad, right?!

Good job honey!

Bryce shot the deer right before his class was supposed to start. So, with no time to get a big project done, he decided to just drop the deer off at a local butcher. We picked up all the meat yesterday! It was exciting to put it in the freezer and know Bryce was the reason we had it :) He was pretty proud!