On Thursday, October 15th, my wife Amanda and I were packing up for a weekend trip to our hunting club in southern Ohio. We planned to leave early Friday morning and stay the whole weekend. Then we got a phone call that would lead us to a forceful change of plans. It was the babysitter. My sister Helen was on the phone and she said she had an accident earlier that day and had broken her arm. She didn’t think she would be able to take care of the kids for the weekend. There goes my camera person! My wife, Amanda and I always work together as a team. Over the years we have enjoyed filming each other’s hunts and I didn’t feel comfortable leaving for a hunting trip without a camera person. I decided if I wasn’t going to have a camera to go with me then l would just stay home.
Then my wife suggested that since she was going to be home with Leigha, 11 and Luke, 5, that I should take Lauren our 14 year old daughter and let her film for me. I was not very fond of the idea at first since she had little camera experience. Lauren also did not have a lot of experience being around big deer. I had to make a decision and thought, “What do I have to lose?”
We packed her a weekend bag and took off early Friday morning. Tune in to Mathews Life on The Road TV to see just how great she did. This is a hunt that I will always treasure! Next we’re headed to Illinois for a 7 day hunt, wish us luck and remember who allows us to do what we love, our Lord and Savior, Jesus!
