2023 Veteran Hunt

Bible Reading

Psalm 29

Bible Verse

“May the Lord give strength to his people! May the Lord bless his people with peace!” – Psalm 29:11

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We were blessed with support from many of you to offer another veteran hunt for the 2023 season. This year, we traveled to Northern Missouri to pursue whitetails during the firearms portion of the season. 

On this year’s hunt was Leroy Saenz, of the 2nd Marine Division. Leroy served his country with honors during Iraq and came home with many scars of war. 

He was nominated for this hunt by his good friend, and fellow veteran, Frank Hartman. 

Leroy had never harvested a whitetail, so this was a very exciting and new hunt for him. He traveled all the way from Dallas just for the opportunity. 

Our hunt started off slow the 1st evening as we sat along a thick draw hoping crusing bucks would be checking their scrape lines. 

In the morning we set our sites on a bedding area in hopes of catching a rutting buck circling in to find does. 

20 minutes into the hunt, we spotted a beautiful 8pt coming out of the bedding and into an open hillside. Leroy placed the crosshairs on the whitetail and dropped the animal in his tracks. A perfect shot. 

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We were thrilled at the opportunity to give Leroy a chance at his first whitetail, and we were blessed by God to make his hunt a success. 

But while the success of the hunt was great, the opportunity to share Christ with Leroy was an even greater blessing. 

We shared great meals and conversations with him during the trip and had a great prayer of thanks offered to God upon the harvest of our whitetail. 

It is so interesting to hear from many of the veterans on our hunts, that the most memorable part of the hunts the embark on is not the harvest itself, but the time spent in fellowship with others at deer camp and around the fire or dinner table. 

Their sacrifices can never be repaid, but we can offer tokens of appreciation, especially our fellowship, that can show them how truly grateful we are for all they have done. 

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