Big bucks come in twos and threes

They say life comes in threes.

Halley McDonald proved an exception during deer season when life came in twos for him and his family.

McDonald, a winner in the Leelanau County Big Buck Night competition, usually hunts by himself but was joined by his son on opening day of the firearms season. That made two hunters, sort of. His son had married in the summer, and she thought she might enjoy hunting with her new husband. So the two of them sat in McDonald’s favorite blind.