Montana Woods N Water January 2017 Print Edition | Seite 13

A OUTDOOR FAMILY
The Yerkes family of Kalispell , MT is all about the outdoors ! Spending time outdoors hunting , fishing , etc . makes memories that last a life time . I think the pictures below tell the story the best ! They had a fantastic year . Thanks for sharing Sarah !
From Sarah Yerkes : Our season started Labor Day weekend taking all 3 kids to the first hunting camp where they could all hunt . We came back with 2 whitetail deer and some grouse not a bad start . Zack walked around a thicket of trees to have bull elk staring down the hill about 25 yards from him . Unfortunately it didn ' t work out and that bull ran off before anyone could do anything about it , but it was still exciting to be that close especially for the 2 boys . Jeff and I spent a few more days out at camp looking for elk , we saw them but never got close enough for archery . It was great being able to sit in the blind with Kylie while patiently waiting for a deer to come close enough for her . She was successful on a nice whitetail doe , with a beautiful shot from 11 yards . I ' m not sure who was more excited , me or her . Jeff practiced many hours to be ready to use his recurve instead of a compound this season and it paid off for him . After both the boys filled their b tags with a bow and Kylie got her first deer with a bow , I put some effort into tree stand hunting . It took me into rifle season and many times either wading or canoeing the river but I finally had a buck walk under the tree stand and sealed the deal . Zack was successful using his rifle on youth days to get his first buck . At the end of the season we didn ' t end up with any elk but we have great memories and plenty of deer in the freezer . We plan to spend our free time in the start of 2017 either looking for wolves or sitting on the ice for some fish . Then its into 3-D archery and before you know it we will be back into hunting season of 2017 which of course we are already making plans for .
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