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Rylee Browning with the buck she shot Sept. 30 last year. BELOW: The buck Rylee Browning shot Sept. 30 last year scored 160 points.
Hunting
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Rylee’s been out in pouring rain
hunting deer and standing in snow
on cold November days in elk sea-
son, but she doesn’t mind the adverse
conditions.
“Dress appropriately,” she advises.
Last year, Rylee shot a nice-sized
buck in a canyon east of the Straw-
berry Range. She and her father had
been watching a herd of six mule deer
in the canyon for several days when her
mother and boyfriend, Kaden Madden,
arrived.
Her parents moved around the rock
overlook she was stand-
ing on to get a closer
look when Kaden
spotted a buck
with his binoc-
ulars about 500
yards away.
“I didn’t
know exactly
how
far
away it was,
so I aimed
about
three
feet above its
head,” she said.
It was a clean
head shot. The
hunters hiked down
into the canyon, field-
dressed the buck and
carried out the meat
and the head for a
European mount.
The mount
now hangs in
the family liv-
ing room in
Seneca.
Rylee says
she wants to
try bowhunt-
ing this year.
Her
grandfa-
ther, Mike Brown-
ing, is an avid bow-
hunter and can give
her some pointers.
Rylee also goes grouse hunting with
a 20-gauge shotgun and has started
bass fishing with her boyfriend’s
family.
“I fished for trout when I was young,”
she said.
Rylee will be a senior this year at
Grant Union High School, where she
runs on the cross-country and track
teams.
She also raises pigs for the fair and is
interested in photography.
Her advice for young people who are
interested in hunting?
“Listen to experienced people
who know what they’re doing,” she
said.