So typically you'd think that this was going to be a story about how my husband went out hunting and was able to shoot a deer...and typically, I'd be super happy to share a story like that. However, this is not that story. This is again, a huge random blessing that was given to us..second time in three years too!
So while this day (Sat. 10/27) Broghan DID go up to Boyd all day and hunted; he didn't actually see much of anything while out in the woods. He did however see something on his way home. As he was driving along the interstate towards our house, he passed by a cop and a big truck...the truck had apparently just struck this very large buck. Broghan noticed the deer (obviously) and got home a.s.a.p. and swapped cars and drove back...just in case he could nab the deer. As luck would have it, the cop and truck were gone, but the 9-pt buck remained! From an outward view, it looked in perfect condition; however, you could tell that it had sustained some serious injury to its front-right arm/leg/whatever. It must have died instantly from shock or internal bleeding because otherwise it looked great. So he loaded it up and brought it home! Sounds strange for many, but for deer hunters, its really a great "treat" lol.
It was the biggest deer I had seen him get in all the years he's gotten something; and we actually had to use the van to get it hung up to skin/quarter. :). The last picture here is about 1/2 of the meat we procured from the deer. A large part of the meat we sent off to be processed in to venison bacon :) yum yum yum!!! But its safe to say I've got enough stew meat, steaks, roasts, tenderloins, and soon to be bacon & ground meat to last us a while!!
