XBT
09-07-2007, 04:54 PM
My wife was diagnosed with multiple myeloma last fall. Since that time she has had two major surgeries on her right leg, the last one being a hip replacement that took place about three weeks ago. She has also had extensive radiation treatments and is currently undergoing chemotherapy in the hope of slowing the progression of the cancer. She can only walk very short distances with the aid of a walker and usually requires my help to stand or sit down.
Today she went hunting and collected a nice yearling doe.
My son had obtained a depredation doe permit on a nearby ranch that has a severe deer problem in their hayfields. We drove to the ranch this morning and with the help of some makeshift steps, my son and I were able to get her into the open back of my pickup. She sat on a folding chair and rested her rifle on several sandbags I had placed on the top of the pickup cab. My son sat with her to help out while I drove the truck into the hayfields which were full of deer.
It was a beautiful cool morning and we were in the hayfields just at sunup. We looked over several deer, including a few decent bucks before picking out a yearling doe. She shot it with her old deer gun, a Remington 788, at about 150 yds.
Shooting from a vehicle is not legal here, and we probably broke several other laws along the way, but I think that even if a game warden had been present he would have given us a pass.
It was a wonderful hunt, and I am hoping for more.
Today she went hunting and collected a nice yearling doe.
My son had obtained a depredation doe permit on a nearby ranch that has a severe deer problem in their hayfields. We drove to the ranch this morning and with the help of some makeshift steps, my son and I were able to get her into the open back of my pickup. She sat on a folding chair and rested her rifle on several sandbags I had placed on the top of the pickup cab. My son sat with her to help out while I drove the truck into the hayfields which were full of deer.
It was a beautiful cool morning and we were in the hayfields just at sunup. We looked over several deer, including a few decent bucks before picking out a yearling doe. She shot it with her old deer gun, a Remington 788, at about 150 yds.
Shooting from a vehicle is not legal here, and we probably broke several other laws along the way, but I think that even if a game warden had been present he would have given us a pass.
It was a wonderful hunt, and I am hoping for more.