Deer hunting stories: Grandpa's help nets success

December 7, 2016 at 1:04AM
Lindsay Ogrin, a seventh grader from Plymouth, shot her first deer near Brainerd this year while sharing a stand with her grandfather. She brought down an eight-point buck with one shot. It was her first hunt since obtaining her Minnesota gun safety permit.
Lindsay Ogrin, a seventh grader from Plymouth, shot her first deer near Brainerd this year while sharing a stand with her grandfather. She brought down an eight-point buck with one shot. It was her first hunt since obtaining her Minnesota gun safety permit. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Lindsay Ogrin, a seventh-grader from Plymouth, shot her first deer near Brainerd this year while sharing a stand with her grandfather. At 8:30 a.m., out walks an 8-point buck, broadside at 100 yards. Lindsay reared the gun but didn't have it to her shoulder. Her grandfather corrected her, then noticed she was aiming high. He adjusted the rifle with his left hand so she could pick up the deer in the scope. She squeezed the trigger and, bam, the deer dropped in its tracks.

Gary Palm, New Brighton

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