Well it has been awhile since my last journal. To be honest with you it has been so busy. First was hunting season. I didn’t get a deer I saw quite a few smaller bucks. Filming put an all new twist on things. So my picture taking took a back seat and made writing a journal hard . Waterfowl hunting had also taken a back seat. Days I was able to go the weather wasn’t fit even for the birds. We literally had NOTHING except a few cripples on the local pond. With the extreme cold weather this year everything flew south. We did have a lot of fun at the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show in Harrisburg. Although it made for a long week. I would do it all over again. We met some great people from the site and My Space friends. Not to mention all the Outdoor TV personalities we got to meet and interview at our booth. We also had the privilege to meet some great people in the Outdoor Industry that hopefully we will be working with in the future. I am also excited about some of the great hunts we have planned with Outfitters we met at the show. It should be a great year!
One of the nicer bucks
Smaller buck. Jimmy actually missed this buck in muzzleloader season.
Drake with his deer leg
deer leg bone
Canvas Back Drakes
Wood Ducks
Common Merganser Drake
Widgeon Drake
Ring Necks
My favorite duck Red Head drakes and hens. However, I haven't been lucky enough to ever shoot one.
I did manage to finally get out last weekend. I did a little shed hunting with Jimmy, Don and Drake. We had been getting some smaller bucks on the trail camera and a couple nicer ones that made it through the season.
It felt great just to get outside! We covered a lot of territory but nothing to show. Though Drake did find bone. On three different times, Drake ran off sniffing around and would come running back to us with a bone…not antler though…deer bone. He would find a leg bone from a dead deer and bring it back to show us his prize.
A dog’s ability to find bones is amazing. Last year Drake found a deer skull under the snow with a 6 point rack still attached. So we were sure if there was a shed around Drake would be able to help us find it. I talked to several people at the show that either had labs or were looking to buy a Labrador for just that reason, shed hunting. Which is pretty cool.
Later we took a ride. We saw a great variety of ducks. Not geese. They seemed to just be showing up in the past few days. Just in time for the season to be out. Go figure. But the variety of fly way ducks was unreal! I was able to get a few pictures of those.
Only wishing they had arrived about 6 weeks earlier. But isn’t that how it usually goes? I still enjoy seeing the smorgasbord of waterfowl sitting on nearby water ways. My camera was busy and it was great to get outside.
This weekend we are at the Jaffa Sports Show in Altoona. If you are out there be sure to stop by and see us at the East Coast Gun Sales Booth. Then a few short days after we are off to film our snow goose hunt in Missouri. You can be sure I will have a journal and plenty of pictures of that adventure! Jimmy is so excited he can barely contain himself. He has even been practicing laying flat in a field and sitting up quickly to shoot. Dad is going along too and this is his FIRST EVER waterfowl hunt. Those of you that can remember your first waterfowl hunt and seeing a flock or two or if your lucky maybe 3 flocks of a dozen geese coming in…imagine going on your first hunt where there is already over 500,000 snow geese in the area. I don’t know if I am more excited about the hunt itself or just experiencing the excitement with so many family and good friends. Wish us luck! Until next time!
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