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I took this buck on
November 13th during the 2002 archery season. This old guy was chasing a
doe around a field at nearly 150 yards away, but for some reason the doe
lead this buck within 10 yards of my stand where the buck met its fate
with a 125 Thunderhead. The buck was 225 pounds plus with a main frame
10-point scoring 118 2/8 after deductions.
This one is for Mom "Billie Snow" who I lost in an
automobile accident on July 23, 2001. My mother and father, Terry Snow,
were traveling to my grandmother's when they were struck head on by
another vehicle. My father was severely injured, both legs were shattered
and there were several other life-threatening injuries that nearly took
him away too. My father, being not only my father, but my bowhunting
buddy and fishing buddy, was devastated by our loss of Mom and had a long
hard road to recovery. Due to Dad's injuries he had lost all of his
abilities to hunt with a compound bow and was forced to hunt with a
crossbow during the 2001 season. I would load Dad's wheelchair on the
back of my 4-wheeler and set him up in a blind. The last evening of the
2001 archery season before the 2001 rifle season my Dad and I decided to
go watch this field that would be his hunting area for the opening morning
of the 2001 rifle season. We were sitting in a blind on the edge of the
field, not really expecting to kill a deer, but just to check on how much
deer activity there was in that area. Around 4:30 p.m. I heard something
hit the fence behind us. As I turned to look I saw a nice 5-pointer
actually jump the fence and my 4-wheeler and walk within 15 yards of our
blind and just stand there broadside like a 3-D target. Dad placed the
crossbow over my shoulder for a rest and squeezed the trigger. It was a
perfect lung shot behind the front shoulder. The buck then ran across the
open field and collapsed at approximately 70 yards. The odds of that buck
actually jumping my 4-wheeler and walking within 15 yards of us in that
very large field could only have been a blessing from above. Considering
what we had been through that year it had put tears in both of our eyes.
I believe that through prayer and our faith towards
God, He has given us the gift to overcome all of life's problems that are
thrown at us. If you don't know Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, now
is the time. He is the answer to all of life's problems. I hope that
this testimony may have touched your life. Good luck hunting! |
