Outtakes: Genesis 1:21

"And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.” So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds..." (Genesis 1:20-21 NIV)

"Bruiser"

 I always thought that hunting out of state was untouchable or never an option.  I thought that it would be way too expensive, or to risky to spend that much money on a trip and not tag out. But I was wrong. The trip was so much fun being able to see new territory and have a hope for a truly giant buck.

I was approached by a friend of mine to go to Ohio he said the trip would be about $500 and we would be gone for a week. I said ok lets go so we went. We were on the road the whole time I was traveling I couldn’t get the thought out of my mind, what if I drive all the way up here and don’t shoot a deer,  but I went anyway. I was committed to doing whatever it took to put my Ohio tag on a big buck.

We left on a Friday and the deer movement was slow for 4 whole days and it was now Wednesday and so far we had only hunted morning and evening and had only seen 1 shooter buck a 140 inch 8 point that was following but not really chasing a doe so we decided to slow it down a little. We all slept in one morning and decided to hunt the mid day through evening hunt.  At about 2:00 pm I began my hike up the ridge and down into my stand and then climbed into my stand at about 2:50pm.  I had no idea that I would shoot the deer of a life time.  Now I’m from North Carolina and truly big deer are few and far between and if you see one it will only be for a minute and then he’ll be gone. So back to the story at 2:57pm I heard a deer walking and looked to my right and here he came now all I could see was his left side I saw 4 tines on his left and said he’ll do. At 3:00 Pm my buck walked in and stood at 23 yards when I released my arrow.

 I’ve heard it said that big bucks don't move when it’s hot but I'm here to tell you they do it was almost 70 degrees when I shot my deer. He was old almost 6 to 7 years. He rough scored 166 and some change by the buck masters standard but that didn't matter he was mine, and he was gonna take a ride in the back of my Jeep back home to North Carolina. I had an awesome time and enjoyed every minute of it and give God thanks for allowing me the chance at a deer like this.

Copied with permission from Addison's Blog, Livin' Life Through a Peep Site.

Outtake Psalm 65:9 (Amplified Version)

"You visit the earth and saturate it with water; You greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water..."