Deer Hunt

I got to go on my first deer hunt this year. We drove the wheeler with the little trailer behind that had all our stuff in it.
This is what the road was like the whole time. You can't take trucks up this road, it was pretty bad on a wheeler too!

We camped at the top by this lake, it was so pretty!

We brought a little wood burning stove to keep us warm at night, it was so nice!

We hiked and hiked all day long, so we took a little nap up on the mountain!

This was the highest point, you couldn't go any higher. There was snow up there, but it was melting fast. I was pretty proud of myself for being able to hike so much! My legs felt like jello by the time we got back though!

Yay my first buck! We saw him on our way out, just before dark. I was so nervous to shoot him, but I hit him the first time in the right spot, so he went right down. I just didn't want to see him suffer, so I was glad he went down fast! Then the real work began... We didn't want to drag it out, since we were so far from camp and you couldn't get wheelers up there. Josh just cut all the meat off and put it in a bag in his pack. He had over a hundred pounds on his back the way out! It was dark and we had to go back to camp! I was nervous a cougar was going to come get us, since we'd been seeing tracks all day!

Josh was pretty proud of me and said this is a pretty nice deer, since he's so wide.