Former MLB pitcher Ben McDonald shares how emotional moment while hunting led to big buck kill [Video]

Ben McDonald, a former MLB No. 1 pick, made a touching tribute to his late father in a social media post on Sunday.

McDonald wrote on X he was out hunting when he began to think about his dad. Suddenly, a giant buck approached him, and he was able to bag him.

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“I normally don’t share too many of my thoughts on social but this is too good not to share. I lost my dad in January…sitting in a bowstand yesterday enjoying hunting season without him for the first time gave me a chance to reflect on all the hours we spent together on ball fields, basketball courts, and in the deer woods,” McDonald wrote. “I was having a conversation with him telling him how much I miss him and thanking him for everything he did for us and our family and the many sacrifices he made. 

“I had a good cry as I wish …