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Nine-year-old Dylan Hatfield killed this piebald spike on November 6 while hunting with his proud dad, Fred Hatfield, in Roanoke County. Dylan, who started squirrel hunting at 6 and killed his first deer (a doe) on youth day this season, was shooting a T/C Impact.
Fred says the plan is to tan the unique hide and mount the antlers on a plaque. Sounds like a great way to celebrate an exciting first buck!
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While growing up in rural Southern Oregon, Mark Taylor developed a passion for the outdoors while he and his younger brother tagged along with their father on fishing, hunting and camping adventures.
Graduating from Northwestern University in 1988, Taylor spent four years as an officer in the U.S. Navy based in Norfolk before moving into journalism.
After five years writing about the military for a Norfolk-based publishing company, he became the outdoors editor at The Roanoke Times in 1998. He lives in Roanoke with his wife and twin daughters.
Awesome job Dylan! That is one beautiful deer. Congratulations!
Way to Go Dylan!!!! Congratulations on a very unusual trophy!
that hide will be beautiful !
Great job, Dylan! Awesome buck! Way to go, Fred!
what a beauty….congrats,thats a very rare deer there, most people dont ever see one must less get a shot, so way to go Dylan……
Congrats Dylan!!!! Great job on a beautiful buck!!
Dylan, you are the man! Congrats lil buddy and keep at it. Love the buck!