Jeff's first hunting kill was not actually a living animal. While deer hunting when he was 12 years old, Jeff shot too high, injuring a female deer. He hopped on his 4-wheeler and threw his Winchester 30-30 rifle loosely on the front gun rack. When driving down a steep mountain trail; chasing his injured deer; the gun rattled loose from the gun rack. The gun fell down between the gun rack and the body of the 4-wheeler and stuck in the ground. The momentum of the large 4-wheeler caused the old 30-30 Winchester to explode in half. Jeff found a piece of the stock 25 feet away in the forest. Every male member of his family had killed a deer with that very same rifle, going back to the 1960's! Instead of a trophy buck hanging on the wall of his grandfathers house, there is now a plaque that reads "Jeff's First Kill"; with 2 pieces of a destroyed Winchester rifle mounted on the wall.
