Moms don’t hunt do they?

Well, this Bakersfield, California gal begs to differ.  Cindy Seitz-Krug has made a name for herself among Southern California bowhunters for her prowess with a bow.  The lithe, athletic wife and mother has connected regularly on game throughout the West.  If her name sounds familiar, she was featured in Eastmans’ Bowhunting Journal last year for the Rocky Mountain Elk she harvested on public land.

Well this year started out well for Cindy and her husband Rich.  In June they both got Hogs at the Tejon Ranch near Lebec. 

And then this August, Cindy connected on this nice velvet antlered buck in Southern California.

I’ll let Cindy tell the story…

We hunted our local spot this weekend. Opening morning stunk. It was so hot, nothing was moving. Then we sat in a ground blind (and cooked) for 4 hours. It’s at the same water trough I shot a small 3×4 buck on last year. But this year no deer came in. We went back Sunday morning and there were a lot more deer moving about. I shot a decent little 2×3 buck. Maybe I should have held out for something bigger, but I’m just as glad to have my tag filled. Now I don’t have to worry about hunting every chance I get. This way I can spend some extra time with my kids before I abandon them in Sept. for 3 weeks. That’s always hard on all of us, but when the aspens turn, I’ve gotta be in the elk woods!

As you can see Cindy is a dedicated hunter who truly appreciates her time afield. It’s hard to imagine this is the same person who is an Award winning Quilter!   (She won one of the major prizes in an important national quilt show - the American Quilting Society show in Nashville). She truly is a multi-talented individual, who happens to be one of the many gifted bowhunters I have had the pleasure of “meeting” in my Western Wandering.  In our next installment I’ll tell you about her latest accomplishment.