Looking back in 2009


brad dryden

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Wow! So many come to mind. I was very blessed this year.

1. Won 2nd place in a chili cook-off.

2. Won a bronze medal in an international wine competition.

3. Daughters first communion.

4. Won my first gold medal at the State Fair.

5. First bow buck.

6. Saw my Godson shoot his first deer.

7. Was able to see my Dad kill his first ML deer after 24 years.

8. Not to mention, spending another year with all of my great friends here at Realtree. icon12.gif

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Saw my son, Cash, born on June 13th, 2009

Turned around and almost watched my dad die on June 18th, 2009

Spent almost half the year working in Ohio.

Killed 3 deer, none with bow :(

Got to share an awesome hunt with my buddy Kevin.

Won a few archery tournaments.

Thats about all that comes to mind at the time.

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Hunting related:

1. Went deer hunting for the first time with my 8 year old daughter

2. Shot a deer on opening day of bow season for the first time

3. Shot my first ever deer (doe) with a smokepole

4. Harvested the most deer ever in a season

5. Took a good friend on his first ever deer hunt

6. Got a big Gobbler that is being mounted

Family related:

1. Took the family to Rocky Mountain National Park

2. Took the wife to our first symphony Christmas concert

3. Watched my son win a 2nd place trophy in the pine wood derby

4. Watched my daughter catch a 14 inch crappie and was able to give her the mount on Christmas Eve

Work related:

1. Had my second article accepted for publication

2. Won a grant to support my research

3. Finally got an office with a window

Personal improvement:

1. Learned to play the bagpipes (I'm not very good yet)

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1. Got my biggest bird a double beard scoring 82.5

2. Called in Parkergirl's first bird ever

3. Took a vacation to Flordia making it the first time out Illinois

4. Got an intership at Andrews Engineering

5. Not one that I am proud of but I have singly missed more deer in this season that all others combined:bang:

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This has been a great year. These are some of the reasons why.

- shot my first deer ever and it was a muley doe with bow

- shot my first buck ever and it was a 5x4 whitetail with rifle

- got 1 golds and 2 silver at archery shoots

- got a new bow(Mission Maniac)

- got a Remington 20 guage 870 express

- joining the realtree forum

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2009 had some good times for us. Got to spend some time shooting 3D with a lot of good friends. Met some new friends. In October I took my best buck to date, and with the bow. All in all it was a good year, although on a whole, 2009 was over shadowed by my Dads death in Nov. 2008. Looking forward to 2010. A new year, a fresh slate. Hope to make a lot of memories to put in this post a year from now.

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