One of my grandsons got married on the opening day of archery elk season here in Washington State. As to how serious elk season is, I counted men in the wedding party who had 7 record book elk among them.
On a Thursday late evening, a friend flew in from Oklahoma for the Saturday wedding. He stayed with the groom's brother, my grandson Code. When Code woke up Friday morning, he spotted a pretty good blacktail buck out in his pasture and orchard. He asked the friend from Oklahoma if he wanted to hunt deer. They decided to wait till a store opened and if the buck was still there they would go buy him an out of state license and tag. The buck stuck around.
When they got back with a deer tag, the friend borrowed Code's bow, did a sneak and at 31 yards put a good arrow in the right place. He has bow hunted and killed deer before, just never a blacktail. They showed up at my place about 9:30 to surprise me but I saw blood on the tailgate and walked out to ask them about it before they got out of the pick-up. I don't have a pic of that deer, a mature four year old 2x3 with good mass if I'm remembering right. The hunter took the best cuts home in his carry-on luggage and had no trouble with security.
Great wedding, outdoor in a meadow below mountains. A clue to the wedding is that the bride wore a classic white wedding gown with a train-- and white cowboy boots. The bridesmaids wore long dresses-- and cowboy boots. All the men including the preacher and bride's parents wore cowboy boots. Country music, lots of good looking young women, handsome hunks of men and a lot of 4x4 trucks parked in the pasture.
Sounds like a wonderful wedding and one out of stater has some good eating when he gets home. Wouldn't it be nice if all the weddings were like this?
That did sound like a good time. I disliked cowboy boots but I do like cowgirls.
I bet that was cool wedding no doubt. :congrats: