My First Deer [Contains Graphic Content]

I got a chance to go deer hunting this weekend with my Dad and his neighbor, Ralph. Ralph owns part of a 1600 acre ranch outside of Del Rio, TX and we headed down to have some fun. Tara and I drove down to San Antonio where we met up with my Dad and Ralph and then Tara headed on to her parents. We didn't get to bed until 1:30 that night and were up by 5am. We spent Friday morning watching some deer and touring the ranch. Saturday morning we all had our spots picked out, and after watching a buck for a little bit, I decided to take him at 7:31am. It took us another two hours to get the deer back to camp and cleaned up, but it was a lot of fun and a great trip to get my first deer. As a tradition in the camp, you get "war paint" (deer blood) put on your face when you get your first deer. I've had the opportunity to hunt ducks, geese, and rabbits, but this was my first deer. Below are pictures of the the deer and my war paint.