Lilly Creek Saturday

My brother brought his new toy to help fill feeders and ride around

.270 at 75 yards...Not a good day for this swamp rat (dinner to my Cajun friends!)

Lunch

Setting coon traps

Heat of Summer

Almost dry beaver pond

There is normally water between the truck and trees.  Lots of smartweed growing and we will be planting some millet in a few spots too.  Just need lots of rain this fall.

This tree branch ended our day.  Anybody have a used 35x12.50x15 mud tire?!?

Killing Time

While being stuck at home waiting on our next child to be born and getting ready to move to Tyler I decided to clean out some of the freezer and make jerky from some deer, elk, and pork from last year's season. It's a two day process of cutting, curing/seasoning, and drying the meat.

Skewers to separate and hang the meat.

Using the oven since we are in the apartment and the smoker in storage.  2-3 hours at 220 degrees.  Drinking beer during this is a requirement!

Pork

Elk and White Tail

The next evening we welcomed Luke Raymond to the family!

Turkeys

John and Matt both got their birds by 9:00 Saturday AM!

Dustin and I got outsmarted by two gobblers that we couldn't get close enough for shots so we went with plan B.

Bass Trip

I had a chance to do a fishing trip with some clients from Cordillera Ranch and although the fishing was tough we had a great time.  We caught lots of 12-16 inch healthy fish but no big ones.  Best lure by far today was a finesse trick work from Zoom in motor oil.

Afterwords I stopped by to supervise Dave, Rick, and Don while they were making sausage.