The backstraps of this buck have long since been grilled and eaten, and if you stop by our house on a Tuesday night, you will most likely be eating tacos with ground venison. The kids are tired of me saying, “Don’t leave any of that meat on your plate. Daddy carried it out of a canyon.” It get’s an eyeroll every time, but they are starting to figure the importance of a clean plate.
And while the venison has kept us in red meat these past few months, the skull and antlers of this coues deer buck are currently hanging on the family room wall. I see them daily when I spend time in that room, and the kids like to ask questions about the different species and hunts that they will be able to go on in the coming years. Although the hunt only lasted a couple of days, the memories made in the field and the hours spent with friends live on at the dinner table and in the stories told in my home.
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Nice bucks, you guys are doing good in there.
It’s been fun exploring different parts of that country down there. Thanks for the kind words Ed.
Ben