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JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2016 • NEBRASKAland 23 with me and dad going to check cams," said Frosty, "and then we all go. We've seen deer at 20 yards and a lot of turkey feathers. On these trips, the kids start walking and the next thing you know, you're a hundred yards from the truck explaining something about an acorn." But even if you're not on a Gator, it doesn't mean you're not fully vested in deer. Spend any amount of time with the Adams family around the dinner table, where all strategy, conjecture and field notes come together, and you're bound to hear Rex's wife Jodi ask "Anything nice?" as she prepares food for the family. "Maybe," Rex will say, scrolling through a series of trail cam photos. "How about this one?" he asked one night last winter shortly after firing up the laptop and putting his card in the reader. "Nice," she said, taking a look at a photo of a buck any hunter would proudly show off to his friends, then making her way back toward the kitchen counter. But her nonchalance should be no indication of her interest, Rex shared, as she will interrupt her own dinner prep if any sight comes along that Rex finds interesting. "Jodi enjoys running trail cams more than any of us," Rex shared. "They are kind of her babies. She used to shoot deer, but she'd rather watch them now." It's a sentiment that Rex is starting to have himself, especially when he spends as much time now taking young hunters afield as he does trying to shoot deer himself. The Adams family has also been active in their local chapter of Whitetails Unlimited, and Rex funded the inception of Big Indian Archers Club. Community is what Rex is concerned with, both the rural community of Wymore and Blue Springs as well as the hunting community overall. "The outdoors is something we all have to protect, and I want to protect and preserve as much as I can, which is why I do what I do," he said. "Anyone that says an outdoorsman is there to rape and pillage doesn't know a true outdoorsman." A true outdoorsman knows better, a notion that can be witnessed each year on opening weekend of the firearm season in the Adams house. "I bring my kids down and my brother-in-law also comes," said Frosty. "Even dad, a lifelong bowhunter, is starting to rifle hunt a little because everyone is together. It's the family for the entire weekend, and mom's always got food ready." Community, family and deer hunting. They are the cornerstones to the Adams family. And watching Frosty's involvement with his own kids, they will be for generations to come. ■ Buck or doe, every white-tailed deer brings excitement to the Adams family, as they follow their passion for deer hunting every day of the year. Frosty Adams climbs a ladder stand with his bow. He is trying to pass along his archery passion to his kids.