Thanks guys! This was taken by my husband. There is so much symbolism here even I didn't catch it all until several days after and I was going back through the pictures. Although some of it is deeply personal, the biggest is that is our barn in the background...our own land. We moved here to Kentucky in August and have worked our tails off to renovate the house and learn the land and the animals that live there. There's a whole backstory on buying our own farm alone...it's been years in the making. There's gratitude and relief. After so many people telling me I had no business shooting a compound because my draw weight wasn't 50-60+ lbs. I went on faith my bow tech knew what he was doing. Relief that I not only got the job done, but well done and this buck died quickly. The neighbor who helped us drag him out said he was "dead on the hoof". I'm just flat out grateful and humbled by everything that happened. Practice paid off in spades. All of the time I've put in over the years to learn to hunt paid off. My husband's unwavering support and his making time for me to get out in the field to hunt. The bow was his Valentine's gift to me in 2014. But mostly, this picture reflects my gratitude to God for allowing our family to have this beautiful place and experience the joy of managing the land and having the opportunity to hunt. Even a few years back, that wasn't possible because of my health. Thank you all so much for the kind words and "Congratulations!" It means a lot more than you know.
