Bella Winkler, my 13-year-old daughter, harvested her first deer—an 8-point buck weighing 176 pounds—in Mississippi. She was sitting in a ground blind with her paw paw and her dad when, at 5:40 p.m., he stepped out of the woods and into the shooting lane at 80 yards.
After the shot, the entire blind was shaking from excitement. I honestly don’t know who was more thrilled—Bella, her paw paw, or me. A moment we’ll never forget.
