Meat In The Pot

A buddy and I went out to cull the herd and put some meat in the pot.  Mission accomplished!

 For my Wisconsin friends!

Panhandle Ducks

My brother was hunting in the Panhandle and killed a few birds.

Another shanked hog

Another porker in the creek.  Tracked him with a buddy for about 75 yards and lost blood.  Marked it and came back in the AM to find him in the creek 30 yards from where we lost the track.

One Limit

Buddy of mine and a limit of ducks from our place in Gilmer.

Jake's First Deer Hunt

Took Jake to Wimberley since Gina was sick and both our babysitters weren't available. I really went up to hang out and do some cooking for the other guys up that weekend but we did end up sitting in a blind Saturday evening. I was sure to take the DVD player and every book and toy that was in my truck. Jake sat from 4:15 to dark and was really good. We even had a nice 8 point within 50 yards. Our blind was large, insulated, and had sliding double pane windows so we could have a party in there without the deer knowing!  Dave finally killed this free range fallow and Todd killed a spike to help out the ranch. 

Arte's First Duck Hunt

Took my yellow lab Arte on her first two duck hunts over Thanksgiving. First morning was hot and we sat over a creekbed with very little water and only killed mosquitos. Day two was after a front blew in and brought freezing temps and a new duck hole with water. Had a great time with brother in laws and friends.

Ended up with 7 but should have killed twice that. Had 3 Mallard drakes, 2 Hens, and 2 Greyducks (You know, Gadwalls).

Panhandle Nov. 18 - Nov. 23

Hunted hard but never got on a mature deer. Had a full moon and warm weather but my buddy's daughter was able to shoot a nice deer.

Opening Gun Weekend 2010

Hunted outside of Fredericksburg this weekend and had decent weather - Just under 30 in the mornings and warming up to 70 in the afternoon. The deer were moving pretty well.

Picked up the rifle for the Sunday morning hunt and it payed off with this 9 point!

Worst part of the weekend was news that my buddy's deer camp cabin had burned to the ground sometime during the week. This picture is from January.

And this is what he found Friday afternoon...The mangled tin on the left is the roof where the hogs are hanging in the picture above. Speechless.




Somehow he was able to hunt and was rewarded with this great trophy to help ease the pain. A true monster for East Texas!

Opening Weekend Duck

I couldn't get away to hunt but my brother did. He was able to shoot a limit of teal, gadwall, and mallard, including this eclipse drake.

Big Boar

Game Camera Pics

Here's a couple new deer on game camera's.

10/06/10

Went up to Fredericksburg for a morning bow hunt before heading to the office. Saw 9 doe and 1 nice young 8 point. Got out of the tree at 9:20 to rewire a feeder motor and check cameras.

Nice surprise to see a new exotic hanging around. It's a Sika and looks like a decent one compared to other trophy pictures I have seen.

The only problem. At least they are coming out in the day instead of night. Maybe we can get some killed.

Checking Feeders and Sneaking in a Dove Hunt

Went to Fredericksburg with my dad to top off feeders and hunt some dove in the evening. Our field of choice...


One of four birds lucky enough to meet their maker that evening! It was pretty slow but 4 is better than 1 is better than zero!