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'Greatest Weekend Ever'

Spending time with dad right up there with two kills on one day

'Greatest Weekend Ever'
Dennis is proud and the moment is deserving of a high-five.

Editor’s Note: The following first-person report was written by Logan Tietje, a 10th-grader at Welsh High School in Roanake, La., who just turned 15 and had a memorable experience on the first day of Louisiana’s youth gun season.

Hunting is one of the greatest sports to me. You may not get a ring for the biggest animal killed or for the most number of animals killed, but hunting is what I love to do on my free time.

When I found out that youth season started on Sept. 28 this year, I had a smile from ear to ear. On Friday, the day before youth season, my dad, Dennis Tietje (Bassmaster Elite Series angler and fishing guide), was waiting in the driveway with...

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