My First Trophy (part 2)

My First Trophy (part 2)

This week I continue my adventure in God's library on a deer hunt where I got my first trophy.

My husband has taught our boys, and now me, that there is more to hunting than just shooting the animal.  The next part of my hunting experience with my first trophy was not so pleasant.  My husband taught me how to field dress the deer and let’s just say that I got very sick to my stomach and could smell that odor for days (yes, it was a gut shot).    I then learned about skinning and quartering the deer for processing. 

What came next, I will never forget.  This was my first time to ever hunt and kill an animal.  That night, I was visited by death in my dreams.  I had dreamed about death coming to get me…a large black cloud appearing as with open arms pulling me in.   I woke up in a cold sweat, shaking all over.  I wrestled with the fact that I had taken the life of one of God’s living creatures.  But reading in Genesis 9 about God giving creatures that move along the ground and fish of the sea to man for food, I was able to put that nightmare behind me.  My family hunts to put food on our table and in the process we build family and friend relationships.

So, when you are out hunting in God’s library, give Him thanks for the beauty of His world and the food he provides.