“That’s quality time with the family you can’t put a price on,” the elder Montie says.
“I tell Justin and Julia, the thrill of the kill is not why we’re out here. We’re out here to enjoy nature and take part of it.”
Jim Montie and his son Justin, 13, wait inside a deer blind in the early hours of the morning at the start of a youth-only deer hunt ahead of opening season. Jim has hunted on this land for many years and set up the blind after careful observation of the deer in the area. At Dillon State Park in Nashport, Ohio.
×
Jim Montie, and his son Justin, 13, react after Justin shot a button buck that wandered into range of their deer blind. They wait to see if it's dead or hurt, because moving in too soon can cause it to run away and take hours to track down.
×
Jim Montie and his son Justin head out of the forest to meet up with park officer Douglas Lindsay. The deer Justin wounded had ran outside the park, across the road and onto private property so they would need to get permission from the landowner with help of the park officer before killing it.
×
Jim Montie watches as his son Justin attempts a kill shot on a wounded deer they had been hunting since daybreak.
×
Justin holds the deer down as his father Jim begins the process of field dressing the animal, cutting out the vital organs to prevent the meat from being tainted.
×
Jim and Justin get ready to load the deer into Jim's truck to bring back to their family's campsite.
×
Justin Montie, and his sister Julia, 9, touch the inside of the deer Justin hunted at Dillon State Park.
×
Julia Montie, 9, shows off her new pink .410 gauge shotgun. Julia decided she'd wait till next year for her first deer hunt.
×
Jaycie Montie, 3, sits and examines a deer carcass her brother Justin brought back after a successful hunt.
×