These pictures were submitted by his hunting buddy, Shane Easterling who tells the following story: (Below the story is a cam picture taken during the archery season.)
"Jonathan
and I were going to go and hunt some private land that we hunt on that
Wednesday afternoon before church. I suggested to him a place that I
thought would be good and he agreed, so I dropped him off and proceeded to
my stand. When I got to my stand, it dawned on me that I had probably
made a mistake and picked the wrong place.
About the time I got my stand on the tree, Jonathan shot a couple of
times; the last shot I knew by the sound had connected. I pulled my stand
and drove back to him where he told me what happened. About 5 seconds
after he pulled his gun up and settled in, a buck broke out of the
cutover. He got off a couple of shots at the deer running hitting him
once in the back end. The deer finally stopped about 250 yards from him
and he made one of the greatest shots I have seen hitting the deer in the
neck, and dropping him in his tracks.
He was pumped and I admit I was a little jealous, because I still have not
killed anything, but all in all I was happy for him as this was his best
buck to date."
