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experience of bow hunting deer. I wanted it to be a good experience for him. I
knew he loved the out of doors, as much as I did.
Ed had invited us up for opening week-end and showed us the nearby lay of
the land. Ed had picked a spot behind the cabin, that had a lot of deer traffic
crisscrossing a sloping hill, with lots of good cover. We talked about where
Steve's best chances would be for a shot and went to work constructing two
deer blinds. One he could hunt in the morning and the other, in the afternoon.
Ed also told us how crazy the deer were for sugar beets and corn. We set up
Steve's bait piles where he would have a clear shot from either blind.
It turned out that the deer were still in the area alright. Only it was always just
before Steve had gotten there. His bait piles were almost picked completely
clean, each time he had returned.
Steve didn't even get a shot that first week-end, but what ever we did,.... it
must have been right, because he hasn't missed a deer hunting season since.
Steve went on to add rifle season to his deer hunting also. As you can see,
from his deer hunting story with his uncle Marv, Steve finally got his first and
second deer with a rifle. However, Steve is still looking for his first deer kill
with a bow.
I will always be eternally grateful to Ed and Marion, for making that weekend
possible and a success. Not to mention, for all the other great weekends of
hunting since.
Thanks Ed, and I know you have been there with Steve, on every one of them.
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