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Casey and Samantha Drow couldn’t be prouder of their 8-year-old son, Lucas. Courtesy photo -
Easton West, an eighth grader at St. Mary, shot a six-point the morning after fulfilling the requirements of a hunter safety class. Courtesy photo -
Bradley Bardenhagen downed a high-racked buck during the youth deer hunting season. Courtesy photo -
Owen Noonan holds the rack of the eight-point buck he shot Sunday morning, flanked by his sister Ivy, 5, and cousin Eli, 9. Courtesy photo -
Bradley Zywicki feels more at home with a crossbow than a rifle. He arrowed a mature eight-point during the youth deer season. Courtesy photo
“He was beyond excited.”
That’s how Samantha Drow explained her son’s reaction after he harvested an eight-point buck Sept. 10 evening, which was Lucas’ last chance to capitalize on the early youth deer hunting season.
With daylight fading, the Drow family was running out of time. Hunting together near Lake Leelanau were parents Casey and Samantha with Lucas, a St. Mary third grader, at the…