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king' s outdoor world - Hunting Illustrated April/May 2008 - Index

I
have a great life. I very much enjoy
being a stay-at-home mom to our two
busy boys Hunter and Hatch and our
sweet, baby girl Sierra. I also very much
enjoy being wife to my husband, Nate,
who owns and operates fi ve separate
businesses - not the least of which is
Alpine Antlers. Alpine Antlers takes
Nate all over the world fi lming wildlife
and his clients’ hunts. He works long,
hard hours so that I can be at home for
my kids. So, when he gets a chance to
go on a fi lm shoot or a hunt for himself,
I miss him, but I don’t mind that he gets
to go do something he loves.
The last couple of years as
our kids have gotten older, Nate has
taken all of us with him on a few of
his fi lm shoots. We went to beautiful
Alberta with him last year where he got
a 205-inch archery buck that is featured
in Burly Bucks 2. This year, we have
spent a number of weeks out in the fi eld
with him as he fi lmed various hunts.
I like to hunt and fi sh myself.
I grew up in a family where my dad
and brother hunted, and it felt very
natural for me to hunt as well. I apply
for premium tags, and have drawn Utah
and Colorado general deer tags in
the past. I’ve hunted the weekends
on occasion but, as other female
hunters will attest to, it’s hard to get
out to hunt when you have young
kids at home and your mule deer
expert hubby is already out hunting
with his Dedicated Hunter tag that
he didn’t fi ll during the archery or
muzzleloader seasons. Not that that
is a bad thing - I am happy that he
gets to do what he loves. However,
2007 was a little different. I was
very excited for the Colorado hunt.
Nate had a spot where he had seen
some really big deer, and we were
both excited about this area. I called
my dad who graciously agreed to
watch the kids in our camping trailer
during opening day of the late season
rifl e hunt. I had one day to hunt. The
kids had already been gone from
school for a week during September
and would be missing another week
in early December for our Kansas
whitetail hunt. We didn’t want to be
gone for very long. In addition, that
Saturday was the only day my dad
could watch the kids, as he had other
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