Holly the Big Game Hunter

The center person above is Holly Barney who just killed her first bear of the season.

Holly is a certified Physician Assistant. She graduated from Milton high in 1998. She went on to Pennsylvania College of Technology and graduated in 2002 with a bachelor's in Physician Assistant Studies. 

The year Holly got into P.A. school about 250 people applied, only 26 got in, only 6 of them were right out of high school. The rest were already nurses, lab techs, paramedics, EMT, and etc. A couple people failed out. People fail out every year. This is how hard P.A. school are.

Holly passed the boards in 2002, 2007, and July 2013. She worked in a dermatology office in Williamsport with Dr. Vincent P. Herbst, MD. This "go getting" woman also worked part time for Prime Care Medical in corrections. 

She married James Dale Barney. I, Darnell L Williams was at the wedding in Potter County, Northern Pennsylvania. 

Not only is Holly good with a gun but she is just as good with a bow and arrow. She is always taking down game such as deer and other game. She usually goes hunting with her husband. She took hunter safety at age 12 and her dad took her hunting once. As you can see she became hooked on the sport. 

Holly got her first buck with a compound bow, the 1st day of bow season in 2012. She got her first doe with a compound bow in early November 2013. She shot a buck with her rifle in 2011. Holly also goes after small game killing 2 turkeys during spring gobbler. She is not a lucking hunter. Holly, a chip off her father, shot 1 doe each year with a rifle; 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. Holly shot her first foe with an inline muzzle loader in 2012 on the first day of the season.

She like animals. Here is her trusty dog. She has many pets.

Holly, seen with her father Albert Derr is the 11th child out of 11 Derr's.

Holly "Derr" Barney is a legend. 

Today Holly plays soccer weekly on a women's and on a co-ed team.

Holly does not just go around shooting things. in 1992, she played short stop, batted ninth on her team in Milton for Coaches Max Snyder and Bill Hoover. In the championship game at regionals ( if they would have won they would have gone to the world series or had to play them one more time and win. She can't remember for sure) lost by one run. The tying run was called out because the ref. said that she didn't tag up on third. Holly said that they have it on video. It was a "Bad call" said Holly. She can remember Max saying, "If this is the worst thing to happen in your life then you will have had a good life." Holly and her team were 11 and 12 year old.

Oddly enough Holly don't remember 1998. She played second base at that time. She remembers playing the New York team. They had boys but it did not matter. Holly and her team still beat them. Holly is not sure what year it was when they lost to Williamsport in the district finals. Williamsport won the world series and in another couple years they made it to regionals.

Holly Barney, the 11th Derr, is forever remembered with her two teams on the wall of the building at the Browns Ave. Park Baseball field in Milton, Pa.