| David’s Wish |
| By Sam James |
 The big buck stepped into an opening at about 75 yards. David raised his gun and took careful aim. I could hear the safety click once and then a second time indicating the new Ruger 270 was ready to fire. For a 17 year old kid who had never harvested a deer, he was extremely cool. The next couple seconds seemed to take hours. Finally the shot thundered and the deer immediately wheeled and took off for the woody draw from where he had came. He was trying to run but everyone in the blind could see he was going down. The shot was perfect and he skidded to the ground just inside the woods. He had run only 50 yards. |
| I own an operate a whitetail hunting preserve. I’ve helped hunters take many big whitetails. I’ve even been lucky enough to watch many young hunters take their first deer. But this one was special! Very special! You see David was diagnosed with leukemia several years ago. He has been fighting the battle of his young life and had just completed chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant. On his “wish list” he had indicated that one of his dreams was to take a big whitetail. Finally he had gotten that chance. Words can not describe what everyone involved felt that day. I won’t even try. |
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