Well I’ve finally gotten to take the time to sit down and tell you all about our amazing Tuesday morning hunt. Liam scored BIG on the final day in the final hour, and I think I know who we will thank for that! We got so blessed to get invited on a once in a lifetime Mama & Son at Collin's Low Country South Carolina hunt club, sponsored by our amazing Desiree at Southern States Fishin' & Huntin' Magazine.
We hunted Friday-Tuesday, 9 incredible hunts! I’m not sure if you’ve ever tried to sit through 9 hunts in a row at 10 years old but… it’s GOT to be HARD. I say this because I’m 34 and it was HARD even for me! I couldn’t be more proud of this kid!
He sat so patiently never complaining in the stand and only tried to sleep in on Monday. Tuesday Morning started out like most of our other hunts it was chilly! There were deer at the feeder and food plot right at daylight (6:30-7 AM), neither were shooters though. So we waited… the wind started to pick up around 7:30 and Liam got cold, he snuggled tight laid his head in my lap. 7:45 AM I had a group of does cross the lane down about 200 yards never stopping, so I watched..
By 8:30 I wasn’t seeing anything or even hearing the first bird. The wind had really picked up and Liam was sleeping good… 9:00 hit and I was sitting thinking about how amazing our trip had been thanking God for this time and all the fun we had. I texted Tom a thank you and I was set in my mind we were going home without a deer but that was absolutely OKAY!
At 9:15 Tom asked what I wanted him to do since we hadn’t seen anything in a while.. (come get us or leave us to sit longer). I typed up another message about how thankful I was and it wasn’t about killing a deer it was about the experience and the trip and just spending time together. I sat there trying to finish it; I was going to tell him to go ahead and come get us. We had a 6+ hour drive home, we should go ahead and get going, but in that moment emotions just overcame me.. tears just started pouring.
I’ve been struggling so much personally lately.. I was just feeling so thankful for this time with Liam. I started thanking God again looking down at my sweet still sleeping boy in my lap. All I could think is when will I get this chance again? Why would I ever want to cut this short? I erased the message and quickly typed “You can leave us until you get the other guys." And that was the best decision I could have made..
9:20 AM.. I Texted Tom the squirrels had finally come out… He responded with a “Good the deer are next!” 5 minutes later Liam woke up from his longest shooting house nap ever, and we watched and continued waiting..
9:40 AM comes and I looked up the lane to see this buck running to us! He broke to a fast trot and came all the way to the corn so fast we didn’t have time to think. Liam got him in the scope and I had him in the binoculars.. we decided this could be a good buck for Liam to shoot! Tom also gave us the GO!
You can hear me talking him through his shot in the video.. he kept saying his heart was beating out of his chest and he was shaking. Liam SMOKED this buck at about 120 yards, and we watched him drop and kick a few times and never saw him run. Somehow though he made it 80 yards through the pines, thankful for a good dog like Gator to make quick work of the find! That was nerve wrecking to be on this side when we walked up and he wasn’t right there, before I could panic too much Gator had went “on point”.
Oh yeah an you know I made Liam drag, can’t wait to get his mount back he already has the spot on the wall picked out:
Thank you so much again Tom and Diane at Collins' Lowcountry Hunt Club! Desi & Shelby at Southern States Fishin' n Huntin' Magazine! Y’all are the best, you have given us memories to last a lifetime. We can’t wait to come back for more!
-Lindsay & Liam Kiefer
(Hunting at Collins Lowcountry Hunt Club)
From Our Publisher;
I just want to say how incredibly happy and proud I am of you Liam Cole Kiefer. This hunting trip with your mother you will remember for the rest of your life as I remember all of my hunting trips with my mother and father growing up. I was in the woods more than I was in a bed and it was the best way to grow up.
For me hunting is not all about the kills. It is about the experience of being in Mother Nature watching and listening to the good Lord’s creations without any man made noises to interfere. I wish I could live my life every day like this right now. Just like hunting we have to have patience and one day we will get all that we desire in the right timing. Your patience and dedication to this hunt just proves that in the final hour you never give up always believe and be willing to receive, and most of all be grateful for everything in your life.
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