Trick or Treat

Went trick or treating Friday night.

Even Quincy had a costume.

Another BBD

This time it is Jason! I saw this buck from my stand but it was to far for a shot. I knew he was heading towards Jason but I still couldn't believe it when he called me and said he just shot the big eight point. We let it sit for a few hours before we tracked it. Eric came and we all went together and found it. Congratulations Jason! Check out the Pigeon Creek blog for more pictures.

Two for two tuesday

I have not been a big bow hunter the last few years. This year I bought a new bow and decided to get back into it. This is a view from my tree stand.

Tuesday was a beautiful morning, cool and clear. The deer were moving and I was able to harvest two doe. A big part of our deer management program is to keep the doe population at a level that the land can support. These two deer went to a local family that likes venison.

Another busy day

Went up north today with Mary's Dad. First stop was Legends Taxidermy. All our trophy's from Africa were delivered last week. These are the tusks from my elephant.

This rack is full of the skulls and horns of everything we shot. All the skins are at the tanner.

These are the skulls of our Giraffe.

Next stop was Foster Lake. We are looking at replacing the two dams that control the level of the lake. I met with an engineer that will help us with this project. The dams are old and need to be fixed or replaced.

If you are thinking about a color tour the time is right. It is beautiful!

Last stop was South Fork. Gisele is at our house today and she loves "ABC" the cat. So Gisele this picture is for you.

Mountain Goat Hunting in British Columbia

Paul Van Dam and myself left on October 7 to spend a week hunting Goat in BC. This is our camp where we stayed while hunting. Camp was on an island that made it a little harder for the Bears to bother us. We had great weather and the area was beautiful.
This is what they look like running around the mountain. We saw this one right after I shot mine. It is as steep as it looks.

Here I am on the four hour trek it took to get where the Goat was. The altitude was not as bad as the steepness of the terrain.

This was quite a dinner we had the second night in camp. Soup, sandwich and hot dogs.

This is where we finally got a shot at the Goat.

I shot it the first day of the hunt. It tumbled hundreds of feet down the mountain before coming to a stop. Paul shot his the next day and we were home Sunday night October 12. It was a great hunt that you can never be in good enough shape for but I made it and was quite happy I did not have to climb the mountain another day.

Busy Friday

Went with Tim Lucas this morning to Blendon Pines to do a little pheasant hunting. Tim wanted to try out his two year old black lab Ruby. It was a beautiful morning to be outside. Ruby did a great job and we were able to shoot 4 birds.

Martha called and said that Jacob was asking for me all morning. Thats all it took and I was on my way to Zeeland to pick him up and take him home. Here he is playing piano with Grandma.

Jacob is always asking where Zell is so on the way to bring him home we stopped at her house and they played together for a while. Jacob loves to play with her kitchen set.

Two little rascals that we love so much!

BBD in West Olive

Big Buck Down in West Olive for Eric. He wasted little time in starting and ending his hunting season in the Hill's. He made a great shot with his bow at about 30 yards.

He watched it come out of the swamp only to spook and go back in. The Buck made his mistake when he came back out in the same spot an hour later. After Eric made the shot the Buck ran past where Jason was hunting and he saw the arrow sticking out of the Deer and could confirm for Eric that he made a Perfect Shot. Using a lantern they tracked it slowly into the swamp and found him floating in the Pigeon River dead.

Great job Eric!!