20Nov 07
A Hunting Adventure
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Soon after dinner, the night of November 16th, the Wilkes Team men began scurrying about the house, gathering piles of gear. Much planning went on as each one prepared the things they would need for the following day. A day of excitement, adventure, and anticipation.
Beep, beep, beep! Alarms clock began to go off at 4am. Springing out of bed, each man grabbed their gear. Everything had to be ready for departure at 5am. Grandpa was to be expected at any time now. 
Jumping into the car, we paused for a moment of prayer asking for Gods blessing and safety and then began our expedition.
The morning light was just beginning to glow through the darkness as the van rumbled to a stop on our land in Culpeper. Day one of the regular hunting season had begun.
Moving quietly through the quickly departing darkness, each hunter advanced to one of 4 locations. Kenan and I were assigned to the tree stand. Sitting quietly with great anticipation, our eyes and ears searched to and fro for movement. Not more than 30 minutes after situating ourselves, Kenan spotted a herd of does heading straight toward us. He prepared himself, took aim, and fired his very first shot at a deer. Barely missing but now full of deer fever, Kenan and I began looking diligently in every direction. All went quiet for about 45 minutes.
A distant rustle in the woods roused my attention. Turning my focus, I laid eyes upon a 6 point buck heading 
straight our way. In slow motion, I raised the gun. Moments later the buck was lying still, on the ground. What excitement came upon us both as we looked at the harvested deer.
Later as stories were shared, we realized that just about everyone had prayed for a deer to 
be harvested. The Lord blessed us by both answering our prayer and giving us another memorable hunt with Grandpa. We appreciate Grandpas hunting tips and look forward to many more hunting trips with him.
Congratulations, Daniel! That was clearly a gift from the Lord. Opportunities like that don’t come too often — we are all glad you were alert and ready to take advantage of it.
This hunt was sure exciting. What an adventure. I think it was wonderful
Congratulations Wilkesteam hunters. Another experience to your account! Good try Kenan–I can remember my first shot really well even though it too was a miss. Can you see the place the bullet entered behind the front leg there in the picture?
Wow! I was so surprised when we came home that evening. I look forward to having beef stew with our deer meat.