In 95′ shortly after I had turned eight years old my father borrowed a gun from a good friend who was at the time a conservation officer. I shot the T/C 30/30 five times at a pie plate, just to make sure it didn’t kick me too hard. After I had gotten used to it we went to Scottsboro, Alabama with a few friends for one of my first deer hunts.

After three hours my father and me in a sodden tree stand we spotted two small gray squirrels and watched them play. Right at dark a large bodied animal stepped out at the edge of the woods, my heart nearly pounded out of my little eight year olds chest with excitement. I couldn’t stand it, the deer walked on out and I saw horns. I had waited for this moment of which I would be so lucky to get this opportunity. I cocked the hammer of the single shot 30/30 and fired.

The deer ran into the woods and we never found it. I wasn’t mad, I was so excited to see such an animal that I soon forgot about my “miss”. Three days later our friend Fred took his lab, which was trained to trail wounded animals, into the woods where the deer entered. 8:38 Wednesday night, three days later we got a phone call.  It was Fred saying he found the buck, which he guessed to be 130 class, and a ten point. He caped the deer out and the next year I entered my deer head in the Huntsville Deer Show and won 1st place in the youth category. I am 13 now.  Even if I don’t win any prizes for this story, which I will never forget, I would like to thank God, my loving father and all hunters who abide by the laws and enjoy the outdoors as much as I do.

Jake Holland
Hartselle, AL

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