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That was Sunday, November 22 1987. I was hunting a friend’s family’s property in Pierrepont NY, the guy on the far right holding the tenderloins away from Snoop. His father, and the four of us kids, made a series of small drives on the property that morning. It was too cold to do much sitting, around 10 degrees if I remember correctly. I was a stander on a good runway and the drive worked perfectly. A group of 3 or 4 does along with this awesome 7 point came charging right past me. I made a perfect double lung shot on the running buck at about 30 yards with my trusty little Model 94 Trapper .30-30.
Back in those days, deer populations were much lower than today, and almost any buck was hard earned, especially when you were a kid and really didn’t know what you were doing! I look at that photo and think how many miles we walked in everyday clothes and leaky work boots. I wouldn’t trade a minute of it for anything in the world.