2007.10.31
Congrats to a young bowhunter for his first deer
Proud dad Rod Zane of Fairfax sent me this shot of his 13-year-old son Tyler with Tyler's first bow kill. Both father and son have great expressions, don't they?
Tyler shot the deer on Saturday in Herndon and his dad said the kid is "still on cloud nine."
He should be.
Killing a free-ranging, non-baited deer with a bow is one of hunting's greatest challenges. Not only do you have to get close to the animal -- 25 yards or less for most of us -- but the animal has to be at the right angle (broadside or quartering away) and then you have to make the shot.
And preparation starts long before you get up in a treestand, and not just on the practice range. Tyler, who's in his second year of bowhunting, took both his hunter education course and the International Bowhunting Education Foundation training course last year so he could be ready for this.
Rod said Tyler can't wait to get back out there to try to get another one. Sounds like we've got another addict among our ranks.
