My first 8-point taken on New Year's Eve '89

Article by Fred Messina, editor of "On Target Outdoors", from the Vicksburg Evening Post on Friday, January 19, 1990. Photo by Bob Phillips.

Bob Phillips came up the other day with a photo of his wife Marian and a deer she got on Brown's Point New Years Eve. The deer was an 8-point with 16 inches of inside spread that weighed in at 190 pounds. A nice trophy in anyone's book. However, the tale Bob told is that this was Marian's fourth deer this year and he claimed that he would have done better than he did if he had not spent so much time hauling Marian's deer out of the woods. Come off it, Bob. We all know who the hunter was.

Welcome To My Main Blog!

Welcome To My Main Blog!

I am 71 years young and live high on the bluffs of a historical civil war town of Vicksburg, MS. I was born and raised here and attended St. Francis Xavier Academy, graduating in the Class of 1959. I started my government career at the Vicksburg District, USACE. I retired from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station with 25 years service in September l995. I am a past member of International Association of Administrative Professionals, Key to the South Chapter, a member of Pi Alpha Kappa Sorority, Omega Chapter and past member of Jasper Bottom Hunting Club.

I also had a part-time/full time job with the Vicksburg Convention Centerafter I retired from July 1997 until December 2002. I guess you would say I was on my second career. My hobbies include dancing, walking in the National Military Park, blogging on my computer, photography and hunting. Of course, I love spending time with my grandchildren and great grandchildren. I also enjoy collecting birdhouses, baskets, Coca Cola memorabilia, plates, and pewter.

I'm a proud mother of four daughters, Theresa Marie, 48, Kathleen Love, 46; Debra Ann, 42; and Marian Suzanne "Suzi", 39 and a son, William David (deceased). I am the proud Grandmother (Gran-Gran) of five granddaughters, Sonya, Candace, Victoria, Lucy and Emma. Three grandsons, Stephen, Carl and Ethan. I also have a stepson, Greg, 45, who also works for the Entergy at Grand Gulf. My step-daughter, Karen, 44, lives in Santa Fe, NM. This also includes six more step-grandchildren. I have been blessed with two great-grandsons, Tidus David, born May 2007 and James Marlin "Ian," born November 2007. On May 6, 2009 I had a new step-great granddaughter, Eilley Reya Mylen Preston, born in Santa Fe, NM.

My present husband, Bob, introduced me to hunting 26 years ago and at the age of 44, I had never shot a gun. We have shared exciting hunting experiences together. My first deer was a 6-point after being on the stand for five minutes on "opening day". I used my step-son's .243. The following weekend I shot a buck with Bob's .30-06. I now own my very own rifle, a .270 Ruger (Featherweight). I also bow hunted and turkey hunted. I have my very own muzzleloader with my initials in the stock that Bob put together for me from a kit.

In the last 26 years, I have harvested 39 deer. My daughter, Kathleen, hunts and has harvested several deer. My grandsons, Stephen, Ethan and Carl have harvested deer and step-grandson, John, a nice 10 point.

Bob (who is now retired from Anderson-Tully Lumber Company (ATCO) as Director of Labor Relations, taught me how to hunt with a gun, rifle, bow, muzzle loader and shotgun. Not only is he my hunting buddy but also my best friend/husband. Hunting has opened up a whole new world for me and I can't get enough of it. I love to be in the great outdoors and share my hunting experiences with my family and friends. You can check it out at Marian's Hunting Stories, etc., etc., etc. GOODHUNTING!

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

My First Deer!

While we were dating, I would go and sit with Bob, my husband-to-be, on a ridge and take my needlepoint with me and watch him hunt.  One day, I told him that I could do this and that was the beginning of my hunting experiences at the age of 45.  I had never picked up a gun or even shot one until I met him.  To get me ready for hunting, he would take me target practicing and I was soon on my way to becoming a hunter.  My first deer was a 6 pt. buck while on the stand for only five minutes (photo above).  It was opening day and it had been storming pretty bad and we stayed in our suburban until the rain let up.  In the meantime the other hunters decided to leave camp and go back home.  We went in on our 3-wheeler and Bob took me to my stand and then he walked down from me and had just sat down up against a tree near a creek bed and lit a cigarette.  Boon!  Was that her?  He waited with anticipation trying to figure out should he go and see what had happen, maybe I accidentally shot the gun off, or maybe I hurt myself?  He could not stand it anymore so he decided to come and check on me.  When he found me I was tracking my deer and had blood all over my face.  I told him that everyone had left the camp and I just went ahead initiated my own self…he said, it looked like it had shot me!  We found my deer a few feet away and I was on my way to becoming a deer huntress, which opened up a whole new world for me.  I had used my step-son’s .243 for the harvest at Jasper Bottom Hunting Club in Claiborne County, MS.
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2 comments:

  1. wow. Is it true that the first rule in deer hunting is that you have to drink its blood if it is the first kill?

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  2. Thanks for coming by RW...you are my very first commentor since I closed down my website and put it all on BLOGGER. I have never heard of drinking the blood from your first kill...only marking your face with the blood of your first kill.

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