Rifle season started slow for us with the full moon and acorns and broke down trucks. No man with a hunting license should ever have to mechanic a vehicle in the month of November, it should be a law, but when you have a 16 year old kid with a big foot and a big truck regardless of what the calendar says you are gonna be working on trucks. I was in a tree somewhere when I get a text that says "I broke my axle on my truck". I'm thinking he don't know the difference in an axle, a drive shaft, or …
Youth Weekend Deer Hunt
This past weekend was the opener for youth 16 and under for rifle deer hunting. One of the great things about it is that it's still archery season for everyone else so we all get to hunt. This is Alex's last youth weekend of his life which didn't mean much to him but to me it did because I remember on this weekend 9 years ago he killed his first deer and has been steadily killing deer ever since. At last count he was near 40 whitetails, about a dozen hogs, a dozen turkeys, a bobcat with a bow, …
The last antelope and other critters
After just one day we had two antelope tagged so we decided we would all go together in the jeep for the last one. Cory was last to shoot as he seems to be most years. I have a theory that he waits for everybody else so he will have a full staff of people at his disposal with nothing to do but help him find antelope, he may be smarter than I think. Most years on this trip we get all the antelope tagged before doing much coyote hunting so off we went like a big happy family in the jeep. It could …
