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Rick Valent From Whittemore and his 9 point! On opening day it is a tradition to hunt with my children, but this year was different. My son and daughter were both working but my eight year old granddaughter Carly Cowles and my nephew Nate Barnes, a Hale High School senior, were very excited to hunt. The hunt was slow at first compared to other years but soon that would change. I saw a deer at the end of our far lane, I hear "Grandpa,..Grandpa". I look through my scope but didn't see anything. "Grandpa...its a buck!" I look just under our blind and there is a nice buck. I shot as the buck was sneaking into the brush. This isnt the biggest buck I have harvested but the most special because my granddaughter saw the buck that w as sneaking away! The morning hunt ended with my nephew Nate Barnes shooting a nice 5 point, his first buck!