Well it's official... Kurt holds the Phister Fmaily record for the biggest deer. Which is kind of sad cause it's nothing amazing!! :) He shot it opening day just before dark. He hiked his butt off all day even after everyone else came in Kurt hiked around. He shot at one earlier (he claims) and he thought he hit it. So he tracked after it with no success. He finally made it back to camp ate lunch and was off again. We all rode up to the top of the canyon and anxiously watched Kurt, Mark, Dave, Bob and Kary hike down in opposite directions. Jamie, Steve, Mike, Danny and I watched through the binoculars from the top. At one point a little spike was headed towards Kurt. Mark and Dave told him on the walkie-talkies and Kurt looked up and there it was 25 yds away. He blinked and it was gone. From the top all we could see was Kurt running up and down the mountain. It was pretty funny! Finally we all started heading back to camp. Kurt, Mark, Dave, Kary and Bob decided to head to another area. Just as we got back to camp Kurt told Danny over the walkie-Talkie that he got one. We didn't believe him at first so we hopped back on the 4 wheeler and off we went. Maybe five minutes from where we camp if that right off the road. Kurt saw a 2 point and took it down. He shot from about 50 yds and it just kept running as if he didn't hit it. All mark could think is "How did you miss that shot!!" Just then it started crashing into some trees. So they followed a large blood trail and found it. Thank goodness he had all four guys to help explain how to gut it!! Yea!! Kurt's first deer!! He is so excited!! They are coming home tomorrow... Let's see if anyone can beat it... Good Job Kurt!!
