Jason Acorn was 12 years old when he first shot a deer.
He was in the McLeod River Valley area, far west of Edmonton. It was freezing cold, and snow was everywhere.
He remembers pouting, because his brother had just shot a deer and he hadn’t.
But then, just at last light, a small white-tailed doe, probably weighing about 100 pounds, appeared. Acorn’s father whispered to him: “OK, Jay. It’s your turn.”
He fired, and the animal fell to the ground. He began to cry. Then he cried some more. When he collected himself and dried his tears, he walked to the animal in awe.
In retrospect,
