Back to Iowa

Jason and I headed back to Iowa on Thursday to finish up getting the blinds ready for the Iowa deer season.

Here is the work site. We had to put 8 foot legs on three of the blinds.

Here is what they look like after we placed them into position.

We also placed some ground blinds out. This one is on a power line. We mowed it so we would have a better view. You can see the blind in the center of the picture along the tree line.

We also were anxious to see what we had on the trail cameras that I put out 4 weeks ago.

As you can see we were not dissapointed!

Nice Iowa buck, heavy and high!

Coyotes looking for a meal.

Also a Bobcat on the prowl.


Another nice Buck!

Bitely Bash 2008

On saturday we held our second annual Bitely Bash. The weather was beautiful and we enjoyed fun games, a hay ride, great food, and wonderful friends!

Farming for Wildlife

Went up to Bitely this past wednesday. I finished drilling in some rye in a field that had turnips planted in it earlier but the deer ate it down to the bare ground. Grandpa Huyser and I sat out two nights to count deer. We saw over 80 deer each night on two fields but only 8 were bucks. The second picture shows 3 spikes and a 4 point. I see another dismal deer season for 2008.

Deacon's Baptism

On Saturday night we went to Jason and Martha's house for dinner and then to Deacon's baptism at Ridgepoint Church. It was a fun night. It is so special to see your Grandkids being baptised. Deacon had all five Grandpa's attend the service. That must be a record!

rainy day saturday

Its kind of a boring day today so I thought I would join in on the fun of blogging. I am sure it will be a slow process as I learn how to do this. Everyone always calls and asks me "what are you doing" so I am going to try to keep everyone informed on what I have been doing.