Follow the Map—A Family Mule Deer Story

[MT_elk]

Awesome! Congrats!

 

[Festus]

Very cool!
Pictures looked cold and windy but story made me feel warm and fuzzy.
Well done, sir.

 

[duckhunt]

Great hunt

 

[MarvB]

What a great story Randy! (And excellent pics) Basically able to share your hunt with the generations above and below is amazing!! So glad to see your pops out with you again this year. I’m gonna have to hit your daughter up prior to next elk season….I’m going to need a new map

 

[rtraverdavis]

What a great story Randy! (And excellent pics) Basically able to share your hunt with the generations above and below is amazing!! So glad to see your pops out with you again this year. I’m gonna have to hit your daughter up prior to next elk season….I’m going to need a new map

Thanks Marv. The young cartographer learned how to spell “poop” from a fellow kindergartener this past week and has taken a real shine to writing it. Everywhere. Including on her maps. So next year’s maps might all lead to shit spots.

 

[MarvB]

So next year’s maps might all lead to shit spots.

The amount of people in the woods I’ve seen the last two seasons She just might be spot on with that anyway!

 

[Jim/Wa]

I somehow missed this thread...glad I bumped into you yesterday. Cool story.

 

[OntarioHunter]

My late wife was a genuine pen and ink cartographer. I learned the trade from her. For years we had a consulting business that specialized in historical maps (I have a history PhD). You can see her map and name on the granite commemorative monument at the end of the Alaska Highway. She received her diploma from Sir Sanford Fleming College (now just called Fleming) in Lindsey, Ontario. I believe they still have a program ... if your daughter is still interested fifteen years from now.

We were married thirty-four years ago today. I lost her to a car accident Thanksgiving weekend 2010.

 

[rtraverdavis]

My late wife was a genuine pen and ink cartographer. I learned the trade from her. For years we had a consulting business that specialized in historical maps (I have a history PhD). You can see her map and name on the granite commemorative monument at the end of the Alaska Highway. She received her diploma from Sir Sanford Fleming College (now just called Fleming) in Lindsey, Ontario. I believe they still have a program ... if your daughter is still interested fifteen years from now.

We were married thirty-four years ago today. I lost her to a car accident Thanksgiving weekend 2010.

She sounds like a cool lady. Sorry for your loss. Can’t imagine…

 

[BlakeA]

Awesome! Congrats!

 

[HuntTalk Freak]

What a great story. Hit me right in the feels. Having a 14 month old daughter I often wonder what kind of crazy stuff she’s gonna do that melts my heart even more. She already enjoys tours of the deer walls and touching the antlers and shoulder mounts.

 

[marksjeep]

Dang. Missed this one earlier, but glad that I did. Great to have a wonderful hunting story to read amidst all the other threads. Congrats and thanks for posting it all up.

 

[EastTNHunter]

Don’t know how I missed this one before…

Great hunt. Great stories. Great pictures. Great buck. Congrats on all!

 

[fishing4sanity]

Glad this one popped back up in HT, missed it the first time around. Great report, photos, family time and map! Made for a good Christmas eve read. Oh, congrats on the deer too!