09/25/2026
Deer season is here and I wish I could just go back to a “normal” day. Where I would be kind of annoyed when he would go hunting every day he was off. He’d get up at 5-6 and be in the woods til lunch then go back out in the evening. Or sometimes he’d stay in a little longer and say he should be in the woods and I would say nahhhhh it’s fine😅 then he would just go for a little walk into the woods to see if he saw anything.
Then when he finally got something, I would hear him shoot from the house so I’d text him to see if he got anything. If he did, I’d walk or take the sxs out to come help look for it if he needed help. Then he’d ask me to get the coolers and hose ready so he could quarter the deer. I’d drag the coolers out and clean them, and run to the gas station up the road for a couple bags of ice. Then we’d spend hours getting the silver skin off. Then work on grinding, marinating the meat and making jerky the next day.
We were an hour late for a birthday party last year because he shot a deer right before we were supposed to leave🤣
He didn’t grow up hunting and just decided one day he wanted to go. I remember when he shot his very first deer & had to take it to a coworkers house to finish it. I would go sit with him once in a while but it was boring to me so I just cooked it. Now I wish I would have made the time to go out with him more often. We learned how to field dress and process a deer at YouTube school. If you knew Chris, you know he wasn’t paying someone to do something he could do himself😅
He always wanted a huge metal building to put a cold room in and I told him he needed to start a processing business because he got really good at it.
Anyways, remember to hug your people. And maybe go hunting with your man once in a while🥹❤️
