HUNTING - TWO HUNTING FAMILIES

FAMILIES THAT HUNT
By Jim Foster

What had started out as the opening morning of a Montana sharptail grouse hunt was quickly put on hold when our group rounded the corner to see several pronghorn hunters bringing in a pronghorn buck.

The hunter, 71-year-old Bud Williamson of Darby, Montana his sons, grandson, great grandson and son in law. All except great grandson, 9 year old Cole Schmitt who was a bit to young to big game hunt in Montana, had killed a pronghorn buck.

The photo above (from left to right) is Bud Williamson, Farren Williamson, Cole Schmitt, and Garrett Schmitt.

Congratulations to Bud and his hunting family.

To find the next hunting family I only had to go next door to the abode of the Manroe Family who had recently moved from Washington State.

In less than a week all of the youngster and good old dad filled their deer tags. Dad and 17-year-old Nick killed whitetail bucks near the Salmon River while younger son Mason 16 and 14-year-old daughter Jillian shot mule deer bucks. Needless to say there will be meat in the Manroe’s freezer.

From left to right, Mason, Nick, Jillian, and Jim Manroe.

My congratulations go out to these two families who get the kids outside and where hunting has become a family tradition.


JF