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Rich Hugo – Bothell, WA

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
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Dana’s Husband – Helena, MT

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
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Fathering Perspective – by TexasDad

Dads,

We all know how the economy is going nowadays, and probably most of us, if not all, are concerned about the near future, our jobs, and praying hard about it.

Yesterday at church I saw a good buddy of mine, and he was not looking good. So I took him aside and asked him what was going on ( we are accountability partners, and we often go straight to the point, no “how are you ?” between us )

He told me that at his workplace “pink slips” were flying all around him, personnel reduction was the “word of the month”, and he was very worried about his job. He works in IT and was studying madly to get a *very* hard IT certification to make his position harder to get rid of. I understood, since I share his same concern, and I am in the ‘same boat’ so to speak.

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Kyle Seprodi – Sullivan, IN

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:)
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Robbie Kunkle

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.

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Rob Elliott

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.

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Ron Benjamin

Hi Todd, This was really a family affair! This hunt involved my lovely wife(not in picture) my brother my sister and my two bro-in-laws. My wife watched this deer from the house "tending a doe" while I froze to death in the rain that morning! She called me and I gathered up the huntin' pose, put on a small deer drive and was able to harvest this animal.It was really special w/ everyone there. Ron
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