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When the whitetail doe 13-year-old Addisyn Olson arrowed on Sept. 14 took off into the woods on her family\u2019s land in Centralia, Washington, she was pretty bummed out. After six years of rifle hunting and finally drawing an archery elk tag, she was extra excited for this season. Addisyn had hunted for five days prior, and when she finally got a chance on a deer, she felt good about the shot. But now a search for the doe would likely take the family late into the night.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There was an hour of shooting light left, so she stayed in the ground blind with her mother Tonya and her two younger siblings. Her 9-year-old brother and 11-year-old sister watched a movie through headphones silently on the ground while Addisyn and Tonya scanned the field edge in front of them. Addisyn, after all, still had an elk tag.<\/p>\n

After just a few minutes, three elk emerged from the woods\u2014a spike, a cow, and a calf. While the spike was technically a legal bull per Washington\u2019s regulations<\/a>, she didn\u2019t want to take a shot on it. So the mother-daughter duo sat patiently, and eventually some bugling emerged from the brush. An older legal bull crept out into the open.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Addisyn and Tonya couldn\u2019t believe it. The bull was facing them, but focused on the cow instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe walked out about 20 yards away and stood there head-on,\u201d Addisyn says. \u201cThen another bull starts bugling, and it turns into this bugle-fest. But the other bull was still in the woods.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two more cows emerged, putting the count at six elk plus a seventh still hidden in the trees. The first bull was still positioned head-on, leaving Addisyn without a shot.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re now surrounded by this herd of elk,\u201d Tonya says. \u201cAnd I\u2019m just like \u2018okay, nobody move, nobody do anything!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Eventually, the second bull stepped out of the woods. The two bulls bugled at each other back and forth, and the second bull started chasing one of the cows around. Addisyn accidentally clinked her arrow against the window frame on the blind. The noise caused the second bull to stop perfectly broadside, staring at them.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe looked right at us, and my mom says \u2018Take him.\u2019 So I let go and my arrow went directly through the heart,\u201d Addisyn says. \u201cHe walked about 25 feet away, stood there, wobbled a little bit, then stood straight up into a vertical stance and then he dropped right there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Addisyn\u2019s broadhead sliced through the bull\u2019s heart. Tonya Olson<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Addisyn couldn\u2019t believe what had just happened.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI literally started crying and my mom was screaming, and my siblings were like \u2018What just happened?\u2019 They were so confused,\u201d she says. \u201cBut then my little brother started hugging me and crying at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Addisyn wasn\u2019t the only one who felt overwhelmed. Tonya also couldn\u2019t believe what she had just witnessed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a crazy hunt,\u201d she says. \u201cFirst of all, she hits this deer that runs into the woods, and we\u2019re like alright, we\u2019re going to have to go chase that deer later. But it was prime time, an hour before shooting hours were over, so I was like \u2018Let\u2019s just stay here, you never know what\u2019s going to walk out.\u2019 And then sure enough this whole thing unfolds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tonya\u2019s husband had been hunting a different blind on the property. He came by and helped Addisyn as she skinned and field dressed the bull herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a super cool experience for the four of us to have all together, even though the littles were oblivious for a little while,\u201d Tonya laughs.<\/p>\n

Read Next<\/strong>: Watch This 6-Year-Old Call in a Trophy Bull with a Cardboard Tube<\/a><\/p>\n

The bull ended up being a very unique 6\u00d77, thanks to a drop eyeguard and a few small kickers around the pedicles. Addisyn\u2019s good fortune wasn\u2019t over, either. As the family walked a narrow dirt road on their land searching for the doe that had jetted into the woods an hour prior, they saw something in the middle of the path.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe turned the corner, and my little brother was like \u2018Uh, there are eyes right there,\u2019\u201d Addisyn says. \u201cShe [the doe] was just laying there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah,\u201d Tonya adds, laughing at her daughter\u2019s seemingly unlimited luck. \u201cThat never happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n