The Journey of a Newbie

[Camo tung]

Well, its been nearly a year since I came to update this thread. Not a whole lot has happened since then, as this summer was super busy with the fam.

Anyhoo, today's entry will highlight two noteworthy happenings:

1. I was finally convinced my lovely (scaredy-cat) wife to let me share my enthusiasm. About 2 months ago, I took my 13yo girl to the range with me and we had a blast! She handled that .22LR like a pro, hitting targets and shooting groups from the second bullet onward. What I was most impressed about though was how she absorbed the handling and safety instructions (ACTS and PROVE). She just took to the whole thing like pig to mud I tell you!

The most hilarious moment of the day was when I allowed her to squeeze one off from the shotgun. She was not as prepared as she should have been and was nearly knocked on her behind. I keep kicking myself for not recording thing but we had a good laugh in the moment.

2. After going out on solo hunts last year, and striking out on both occasions, I was finally able to get my first kill EVER this morning! Y'all can go ahead and laugh at my initiation....go ahead.....laugh.....but I am very proud of myself!!

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Now to see about the next steps.......#staytuned

Ruffies are some of the best eating. Start looking up parmesan chicken and chicken cacciatore recipes, it'll make you hunt harder for the sweet taste of success lol.