We had our family Christmas party Friday night at Eric and Jodie's house. Here Eric is preparing the tenderloin steaks. Everything tasted great. Don't tell the girls but he slipped in some venison steaks and no one even noticed.
Gisele loves to hold Deacon.
Grandpa and Grandma and Deacon.
Gisele loved Jacobs tool kit.
Jacob loved Gisele's new talking cat.
Jacob and his new horse.
Gisele and Chico, her new horse.
Saturday Kendall Steigenga had a deer roast party at his house. Eric and Gisele stopped by and Gisele loved the venison.
Ashley moved to live in Chicago a few weeks ago. She came home for the holidays. Was the Sunday storm bad or what. Here she is keeping the walk clean.
I didn't really want to post this on top of my last post but I'm bored. I had carpel tunnel surgery this morning on my right hand. Don't really know why I had this problem but Mary's Dad had it done last week so I think it might have something to do with both of us going to Bitely so often. I have to keep it wrapped and not use it to much for the next week. Sure glad my hunting season is done.
I GOT HIM, that is what I was telling everyone who I talked to last night. I have been hunting for this buck hard all season. It all came to an end last night at 4:45 when he ran out into the field. Now for the whole story. I have to thank Eric and Jason for all their help in finally shooting this great buck. Eric and Jason got their bucks early in the bow season. They then went to work to help me get this one. Eric hung tree stands and put up tent blinds where he thought I could get him. Jason never stopped putting up and always moving the trail cameras as he tried to find out where this guy was living. I shot him out of a blind that Jason had moved to this field this fall. I never hunted for a specific buck before this year. We had so many trail cam pictures of him but never in the day light. Then on November 12 Eric got video of him at 10 yards. Whenever we got together we talked about how to hunt this buck. Just Monday Eric and I were looking at aerials trying to figure out where he was living and where to sit. Our last picture of him was December 13 so I knew he was still in the area. It was then that I decided to sit on this field where we have all the pictures, the rest of the season. It was a perfect night to hunt. Cold and a storm coming, they would be feeding on the food plot early. The field was full of deer when this buck came running out onto the field. It was all over in 30 seconds. I made a perfect shot through the heart at 100 yards and he folded up after running 25 yards. He was just under 23 inches outside with a nice double brow tine. He scored 152 inches gross. My biggest Michigan buck ever. Thanks again Eric and Jason and Mary for putting up with me the last two months!
It was a family affair celebrating in the barn last night.
Even the Gisele and Jacob got in on the fun.
A group of happy hunters. This group shot eight bucks this year with five of them being personal best ever scores.
The only thing more beautiful than the sun rising over an Iowa bean field is the smiling faces of my grandkids when I see them again . Its the last morning of the season and it is 5 degrees. This is about all I saw today, nothing seemed to be moving and nobody filled the last tag. Tomorrow we will clean out the blinds and head home. It was a great season and can't wait to come back in the spring and go shed hunting.
Two days two bucks. Jason shot this nice Iowa 10 point just before dark on Sunday night. We have one tag left, who is going to be the lucky one to fill the last tag?
Eric did it again! For the second time this year he got his buck on opening day. He shot this beautiful Iowa 10 point at 10 am Saturday morning. Everyone is seeing bucks so I hope I will be able to post more bucks in the next few days.
The truck box is working out great. Here is Paul warming up.
Here is a nice nine point that I saw from my blind. He needs a little more width. Maybe next year I will see him again.
Also seeing lots of doe. It has been cold with snow on the ground which makes for great hunting.
Mary and I spent the weekend at the cabin with Ashley, Ryan, Eric, Gisele and Jacob. We spent a lot of time in the barn playing with ABC the cat. Grandma and Grandpa Huyser were there also.
We had our family Christmas party Friday night at Eric and Jodie's house. Here Eric is preparing the tenderloin steaks. Everything tasted great. Don't tell the girls but he slipped in some venison steaks and no one even noticed. 
Gisele loves to hold Deacon.
Grandpa and Grandma and Deacon.
Gisele loved Jacobs tool kit.
Jacob loved Gisele's new talking cat.
Jacob and his new horse.
Gisele and Chico, her new horse.
Saturday Kendall Steigenga had a deer roast party at his house. Eric and Gisele stopped by and Gisele loved the venison.
Ashley moved to live in Chicago a few weeks ago. She came home for the holidays. Was the Sunday storm bad or what. Here she is keeping the walk clean.
