A Little Rain Didn’t Hurt

It was day two of the Arizona Juniors Hunt for Coues deer and my 11-year-old daughter Adley was determined to harvest her first deer. It was cloudy all day and had just started to rain, something we are not used to while hunting in southern Arizona. We had almost called it quits for the day, but we made one more stop to glass one more hill.

Thank goodness we did because we spotted a buck. He was a small fork-horn, and Adley was all in and ready to make a move. But after a short hike and getting her all set up in the scope, we spotted this monster of a Coues whitetail and quickly changed our plan. After her nerves settled, she made a great 550-yard shot using a Bergara 6.5PRC and watched her buck drop! Needless to say, we have a lifelong hunter now. She can’t wait to get out again! – Amy Gratanowski