Mom hunts ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ moose 4 days after C-section birth

BEULAH, N.D. (KFYR/Gray News) — A North Dakota family has a hunting story and a photo to go with it after Shayla Beckler shot a moose four days after giving birth to her daughter, Stella.Stella was born weighing 6 pounds, 12 ounces.“She is the best baby, just happy as can be all the time,” Shayla Beckler said.A once-in-a-lifetime tagShayla Beckler, of Beulah, shot the moose on opening day of rifle season. She had a C-section earlier this month on Monday, went home from the hospital on Wednesday and was hunting by Friday.“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime tag,” Shayla Beckler said. “There was no way I was giving it up.”Shayla Beckler, her husband Jacob and her brothers spent weeks tracking the moose. She had hoped to get the moose during archery season, but missed her shot.“I hadn’t bow hunted in 10 years,” Shayla Beckler said. “We got pretty close, and when I got set up for the shot, I missed.”“It was awesome,” Shayla Beckler said of the rifle season hunt. Dad on baby dutyJacob Beckler stayed