Sanibel Island, Florida August 26-30

My wife has family in Sanibel Island so we headed there for vacation this year.  We had a great time seeing family and spending time on the beach.  I was lucky enough to squeeze in some fishing a couple mornings/evenings too.

View from the condo!

I also got to play some golf.  "The Dunes" - They really should have called it "The Waters"!

Landed a couple small snoek one morning.

Boat ride with my boys to Cabbage Key .

Cabbage Key - "Cheeseburger in Paradise"!

It's hard to beat a beer on the beach and some fishing!

This afternoon I caught several Lady fish, Spanish Mackerel, Jacks, and Trout as a storm moved in.

Another awesome sunset.

Always drink fluids when riding a bike...

Big Al

ANEIET 2013

3rd Annual "Ain't Nothing Easy In East Texas" 2013!

 

A well stocked fridge of beer, bacon and eggs...

 

We had a good amount of birds hanging around and were expecting a decent hunt this year.

Several of us got in early enough Friday to get some work in for deer season.  Mowed out a couple roads, planted oats, and set up a new tower blind.

 

Checking out the duck pond progress.

 

 

Friday evening we sat over 3 feeders and went 3 for 3 on hogs!

 

 

Bryan's pig

 

 

Landon's pig

 

 Spread out over the hay field Saturday morning and let em have it.  There was lots of shooting going on and we ended up with about 30 birds in the bag.

 

After a big breakfast and some rest it was time for the afternoon hunt at the Midway dove field.

There were another 30 birds recovered not including this mojo casualty!

 

I smoked a brisket, ribs, and two pork butts for dinner Saturday night.  We added Cozad's cole slaw and Dubya's green beans, cabbage, and sauces for one heck of a meal...

A little poker after dinner both nights.  Yes that's a jar of moonshine on the table!

Dan getting some couch time with my dog.

Dolan straight smoked this coyote Saturday night!

Dan and I were the only guys to get up and hunt Sunday morning and we killed 8 more like this.

After riding around in the buggy checking memory cards we came across some hogs.  We got at least one confirmed kill!

 

Two other casualties included the blown motor in this generator and finding out my truck had dead batteries as I was trying to head home.

Survey Friday

Time for the annual MLD survey camera set-up.  I've got most camera's already up and running but put out several more to complete the survey.

 

Topping off feeders, batteries, etc.

New feeder and pen complete.

   The cow peas are still looking good but we really need some rain.

Almost got the platform finished for the box blind to over the new feeder set-up too.