10-point buck for lady hunter on Thanksgiving morning

Amy Whittle on a frosty Thanksgiving morning with her FIRST buck

Amy Whittle and her fiancee Geoff Williams of Lexington were in the Lowcountry to deer hunt on Thanksgiving morning in Bamberg, and Amy took her FIRST ever buck. Not just any buck, she harvested a 10-point animal that would make any fiancee super proud. The cold 32-degree weather did not cause Whittle to hesitate to get in the woods at the Southern Pines hunt club, and by 7:50 the deer was spotted moving in the direction of their shooting lane about 75-yards away. Geoff blew his grunt call and the buck came into clear view standing broadside at 8 a.m. when Amy's Marlin lever-action rifle barked one time, bringing down the 165-pound buck. While she had harvested a hog before, and a pig, she had never taken a buck and this harvest made her even more thankful for the holiday time in the woods. The Southern Pines hunt club is proud of the fact that they work towards youth hunting (Take One Make One) and getting women in the outdoors. Many of their stories can be found on SCoutdoorNews.com.

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Geoff and Amy pose with the Marlin rifle and the 10-point buck