by Rick

I have got to tell you that that when I was given a chance to do a guest post for Arthur over at the Simply Outdoors blog I was happy to be asked. Working with the limited amount of time I have to complete this task I sat here and thought to myself, “What can I write about?”. As usual the only thing I could think of is my passion/obsession for whitetail deer and hunting. It has consumed me beyond belief so much so that I constantly get joked about it even from my very supportive wife Heidi.

It all started eighteen years ago when I came home from work and told Heidi I wanted to try Bow Hunting. Out of the blue it had come to me, I don’t know why but it did. I went the local K-Mart at the time and put a bow on layaway. Little did I know that was the start of what is now my passion/obsession. I am not trying to blow my own horn but I had become so proficient with the bow I started competing.

The competition part was ok but it just was not for me. It wasn’t until I was sitting in my tree stand one autumn morning during bow season that I realized what I wanted to really be doing. I had saw two deer run past my location at what appeared to be mach speed and the thing that amazed me the most was that they did not make a sound. It was like they were running on air. I had no idea where they came from or what if any had spooked them but I was officially hooked.

That was eighteen seasons ago and since then I have harvested quite a few deer. I like to consider myself an accomplished deer hunter and I take a lot of pride in that because I basically learned it all on my own. I never had anyone to teach me when I was growing up. Sometimes I wonder how and why I have stuck with this for so long and I don’t know if I can ever answer that question.

I will say that I am proud to be a deer hunter that believes in 100% wild and 100% fair chase and would not hunt any other way. I do not harvest more than I can eat and contrary to what some hunters feel my definition of a trophy is not the size of the rack on it’s head but the amount of food it puts in my freezer.

The only other thing I can say is that I hope to be able to teach my son Tyler who is five the tradition and heritage of whitetail hunting that I have become to love and admire. The respect I hold for the whitetail deer and all of god’s creatures in my mind is unbreakable.

I want to thank Arthur for the opportunity to do this guest post and I sincerely hope you enjoyed reading this and want to say “Remember to take a child out hunting/fishing because that is where our future is”

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