when I looked down, and the deer was laying dead in his tracks. We seen him right at the same time and he began to jump and yell, "Yea, that's what I'm talkin' about Dad...!!" Thats what I'm talkin bout !" He ran up, nudged him to make sure he was dead and jumped down and grabbed that rack so fast...

The perfect ending to the story was when my son told me that he had been praying all week that he would kill a buck and that he knew God would answer his prayers. That's why he wanted to hold out for a buck, because he had faith in me and he had faith in God. I went on to explain to him that God HAD been hearing his prayers the whole time and that even though we don't always get what we want, our prayers are always heard. God's timing is perfect, unquestionable and for us; our prayers were answered Thanksgiving morning, 2009.