MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Last weekend was opening weekend for deer rifle hunters in Minnesota — and it was a hunt to remember for a Twin Cities family.
Nineteen-year-old Pierce Pennaz has Down syndrome, and thanks to a new law he was able to go hunting with his dad and bag his first buck in Jackson County.
“We got up Saturday morning, early, 5 a.m. We got Pierce roused out of bed, got him dressed for the weather,” said Steve Pennaz.
Despite being under the weather, Pierce and his dad waited for hours before a six-point buck happened by.
“I had no idea where it came from. All I know is I said, ‘Pierce, there’s a buck,’” said Steve. “He had about a 120-yard shot, which is a long shot for a 20-gauge…
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Exposing the Big Game 
So this is supposed to be a feel good piece? So you sit on your backside really quiet, wait for an animal to come by and pull the trigger. Wow. This is no achievement, it’s a damn shame.
That smug grin never changes does it?
Oh great. 😦
Just look at that paltry set of baby antlers – the kid ought to be ashamed. 😦
Yes, but that’s not why.
Oh believe me, I know – I’m just trying to understand it with a hunting advocate’s reasoning.
Here, it’s just important that the kid kill a deer. ‘Bonding’ over killing I don’t understand. Surely there are other family activities?
I thought it was a young deer at first, and he isn’t that old? – and judging from the size of his neck he’s not very young, must have shed his antlers and new ones are growing in?