Here is my Uncle Tim, Nathan, and I along with his pig of a mule deer that he shot on Tuesday November 18th, the first day he hunted on the Painter Ranch! Uncle Tim & Mom got here Monday the 17th around 2:00 and early Tuesday morning Nathan and Tim got up to go hunt. Nathan got pretty frustrated with himself, knowing that there were some nice deer at the area they hunted, and didn't see anything. SO, Nathan got back to the house around noon to take Mom and I to Spearfish for our Dr. appt and Uncle Tim went right back out to hunt. The weather was amazing yesterday, with 75 degree temps in Spearfish, and a nice warm wind that eventually put Uncle Tim to sleep for a bit!
The so called fairytale continues...and after Tim wakes up around 200 head of deer are in sight, and all of a sudden, here stands mr. mule deer. Keep in mind, his rifle is a few yds away from him, and not yet loaded! So after he gets his rifle, and gets loaded, this deer is standing 200 yds from him. He said that the white on his face and neck stood out, and then he saw the nice rack on the big guy!
Here's a peek at the nice rack in the back of the pickup! Anyway, I guess when Tim shot, which he put a nice shot on this buck, he kicked out his back legs, his rack went right into the ground, causing him to flip over and tumble down a draw. He could've went a lot farther than he did, but to drag this deer out was a job in itself. While all of this was going on, we were in Spearfish. The dr was running late, go figure, and we had a lot of groceries and things to get at Walmart, along with eating supper, so Mom decided to call Uncle Tim to check in. So she called, and started explaining that it was going to be awhile, and all of a sudden says, "Oh..just wait..here..talk to Nathan" Mom played it off real well, I must say! So, the expression on Nathan's face was priceless when Uncle Tim told him that he had a nice buck to get pulled out! We got worried right away about coyotes getting to it, called Painters to see if we could drive out to retrieve the deer, and then continued on a fast and furious Walmart trip! After Walmart, we flew home to get back by 9:00, got all bundled up, and jumped on two fourwheelers. Uncle Tim and Mom on one, and Nathan and I on the other. We went through plenty of mud, snow, puddles, and prairie, and finally got to where we wanted to be! After shutting the fourwheelers off, turning flashlights on, and hearing coyotes yipping, I was ready to go...BUT...I sucked it up, enjoyed the moment under the millions of stars, and was so excited to see the buck when they found him! We had a haul ahead of us, but we made it! We got the buck in the barn, fourwheelers put away, and got into the house at 5 to Midnight! All of us jetted to our beds, it had been a BIG and exciting day! 
Today we went out to get the deer cleaned up to take some pictures! It started snowing a little bit, and the air was a chilly 30 degrees, a huge difference from the day before!! Mom has learned quite a bit this trip, and even watched the guys skin the deer! I was pretty proud of her, she was a trooper!
Here's the buck all hung up before they skinned him. Uncle Tim is a big guy, standing at 6'5 this buck dwarfs him!! He's waited 40 years to shoot a mule deer, and now he's done it! The smiles on everyone's faces, and the story of the Harding County hunt are sure to be ones that last forever! 
Yesterday was a great day, not only for the hunt and spring like weather, but for our doctor appt! The babe's heartbeat is at it's normal 160 beats/minute, my blood pressure is on track, and I lost 5 lbs! So, so far no weight gain, but I do have a little belly starting to show! We have our 20 week ultrasound on Monday December 15th! We go to the hospital for the ultrasound, which will be exciting, and then we'll have our normal checkup! Usually this would be when we would find out the sex of the baby, but since we're not, we're just excited to see the changes since the 9 week ultrasound, and to be at the halfway point!
We also want to say Congratulations to my Uncle Tim and his great hunt! It has been a fun, and memorable time so far, one that we'll never forget! Nice shot ;)
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