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One of the BEST parts of West Virginia is enjoying the outdoors with my sons. Levi, my 11-year old younger son, had an early-out of school on Tuesday before Thanksgiving. We shared a cold, windy tree stand for the better part of the afternoon when he spied the deer, held steady and placed a shot right through the vitals to score his first buck. That's when we BOTH started shaking! Yep -- I'm one proud dad. ~ Geoffrey Schiefer

The rut was just around the corner so we both were rattling antlers. I had one big buck come Running in on me so fast It caught me off guard. So I sat there dejected and running the scenerio over and over in my mind and after I quit crying I hit the antlers again.

After enough time to make me start weeping about my missed opportunity I rattled another VERY nice buck in and had plenty of time to get set and just wait.

After what seemed like hours he gave me the perfect shot.

Not so much for it's size as it's significance... I had been wanting to take my son out hunting for some time (he turned 7 this year). We had the opportunity to hunt with "Papa," my father-in-law, on his family land above the Clearwater River in Idaho. The two older sisters decided they would enjoy coming along too, so at the crack of dawn we set out on a couple of "quads" to see what we could see. In the end we were able to watch Papa bag a nice four-point white tail buck. The field dressing proved to be a bit much for my second born, but the overall experience was a wonderful family bonding experience. We are so grateful that we had this opportunity to hunt on the family land in Idaho! ~ Rich Haugo With Bethany - 9, Westin - 7, and Richelle -12 Bothell, WA

I just wanted say how proud I am of my own personal Familyman - he truely is that! He always makes sure his boys get their game, and that they all have a good time hunting. I can't wait until he's taking all 6 of his boys hunting - that will be some incredible pictures! As of now, his 4 girls are either not interested or not old enough (12 in MT). My hubby might not win your biggest buck contest, but he's definately The Winner around here! ~ Dana

This is my big buck..It is a 14 pt buck scored 158 and 5/8ths and I killed it in our family acreage with a 50 cal. muzzleloader. It is the first dear I have ever gotten and I am a homeschooled 14 yr old from Sullivan,IN.. I have 8 other siblings and have tried for the last 3 yrs to get a deer. The dear is about 6 1/2 yrs old which is a very rare thing to find. I definently have Buck Fever:)

"Now that's pretty cool!" ~ Todd

At 7:40, I saw a buck 150 yards in front of us walking a ditch bank, slowly working away from us. I debated whether or not to shoot him, as he was what looked like a 6 point in the rain. I kept whispering to my Grandpa, “Do you think I should shoot him? I know it’s a long shot, but he looks like he might be big enough…”. (I was hoping for a bigger buck, because we knew there were a couple of them in the area.) My Grandpa replied, “I don’t know, yeah, let’s shoot him.” I promptly brought up the gun, and made the shot (at 170 yards) as he was walking towards the neighbors property.

Scouting took on the progression to shooting things. Jordan has built an arsenal of K’Nex guns, including semi automatics, shot guns, pistols, rifles, and even a potato gun and hand grenades (the potato gun is pvc, and the hand grenades are K’Nex). When he is up north he can be found searching for the perfect branch with which to make a bow and arrow set.