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Send us your deer pictures

November 10, 2019 at 2:07AM
Eden Prairie middle school student Livia Fornetti worked diligently this year with her mother to earn her firearms safety certificate. Her first hunting opportunity came on the second weekend of the deer season on 500 acres of land near Sandstone owned by her grandfather. Situated in her dad’s deer stand with him by her side, Livia watched this seven-pointer step into a shooting lane. She took one shot with her .30-06 rifle, only to see the deer dart away. After a brief search, they found
Eden Prairie middle school student Livia Fornetti worked diligently this year with her mother to earn her firearms safety certificate. Her first hunting opportunity came on the second weekend of the deer season on 500 acres of land near Sandstone owned by her grandfather. Situated in her dad’s deer stand with him by her side, Livia watched this seven-pointer step into a shooting lane. She took one shot with her .30-06 rifle, only to see the deer dart away. After a brief search, they found him dead in a patch of nearby grass. ORG XMIT: MIN1812031048021982 (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Star Tribune Outdoors continues to welcome readers' deer pictures as part of the newspaper's annual tradition of honoring families who participate in Minnesota's keystone hunting season.

Each Wednesday Outdoors page over the next few weeks will be dedicated to photographic displays of the annual whitetail harvest, captured by hunters in the field.

We celebrate big bucks, of course, but reader submissions year in and year out also capture the true fabric of deer hunting ... be it a youngster's first deer or any number of oddities that make the whitetail harvest so special.

E-mail photos to tony.kennedy@startribune.com

Any photo should be accompanied by a written description of the hunt: Who, what, when, where and how. Please include a phone number and contact information in case our editors have questions. Happy hunting!

Drake Fritz, 11, of Lakeville, dropped this 10-point buck during his first hunting trip last week near Deer Creek, Minn., with his dad, Rick. “Drake was being very patient watching some other deer in the field when this big boy jumped out,’’ Rick said. “He was very excited to take his first deer, as you can tell by his smile!’’ ORG XMIT: MIN1811201343468869
Drake Fritz, 11, of Lakeville, dropped this 10-point buck during his first hunting trip last week near Deer Creek, Minn., with his dad, Rick. “Drake was being very patient watching some other deer in the field when this big boy jumped out,’’ Rick said. “He was very excited to take his first deer, as you can tell by his smile!’’ ORG XMIT: MIN1811201343468869 (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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