Yearly Hunting Trip

Mike looks forward to hunting like kids look forward to Christmas.  This year we designed an awesome logo for he and Marty,  made some cute shirts, labeled all his stuff.  He looked like a legitimate outfitter!  He went down a weekend early and did some scouting, but he did not hunt.  He didn't want to without Marty.  This year had it's trials because Marty did not draw a tag.  So disappointing.  But they were prepared to hunt other stuff that you didn't have to draw for like wolves, bear, deer.  Just not the big elk they were hoping for.  They hooked up with Mike's friend from the Reserves that builds a temporary makeshift cabin for hunting each year. So they had nice place to stay and someone who knows the area.  So they were soooooo excited.
And.... they got snowed out....  So disappointing!  The weather is out of our control and it just did not cooperate this year.  So they came home after 3 days.  No hunting for them this year.....

 

 

 

 

Taking Aim….

Mike playing in the backyard…  His toys are a little dangerous!  He is actually a very good shot so I don’t know why he was so amazed at his first 3 shots from his bow this year.  He was trying to tune it up.  Looks good to me!

 

   Love these summer nights when the light stays and it is warm enough to play after dinner.  It is good to see Mike relax and have some playtime with weapons…

Bringing Home the ....Turkey

Well, Mike is happy - it is hunting season again. Turkey hunting comes every spring. (Go figure - we all need turkeys at Thanksgiving....) Poor guy, for his hobby of choice he gets up at 4 am and walks the woods calling turkeys with a little wooden box like thing. He ran into a moose a few weeks ago. But, he had some good luck last week and brought home this Tom. Beautiful feathers and all. Annie being a bird dog was interested a little. "Hey what is this thing?"

So I cooked it up and we had it for dinner. Talk about bringing home the bacon...I found a recipe for caesar pitas. It is basically caesar dressing over turkey with avacados, tomatoes and lettuce in a pita. Yummy and quick.

A Couple of Turkeys....

A new idea for Daddy - Daughter date. Megan was thrilled to go turkey hunting with Dad. She learned to work the call box and did a great impression of a male turkey. They saw some but did not bring home the bacon - well the turkey. Melissa can't wait for next time when it is her turn. Good thing that kids have Dads - some things they just cannot learn from Moms. (Not this Mom anyway. I watch for turkeys in the freezer section of the grocery store about November time frame.)