The Hunting begins.....

Jeff came down last weekend with 2 of his boys and he came down again this weekend with 2 more of his boys. They all had a good time and they all left with a kill. This is Jeff and his 2 younger boys, Micheal and Nathan. They each shot a white-tail and Micheal shot this black buck. Both boys enjoyed helping Cody harvest the meat.

This is Jeff's third oldest son, Joel. He got a shot at this black buck and we think it might hold a record somewhere. We shall see!

Jeff's oldest son brought his dog, Murphey. He is one cute dog! I think Cody fell in love with him because he actually fetched the ducks. I keep telling Cody if he wants to spend the money to train our dogs, go for it, but he keeps preferring his wader's (sp). This dog also rode down in the plane with them. I think Duke would freak totally out if we put him on a plane, lol.

While Cody was putting out more feeders this week he came accross one of the new Minnesota bucks we let out last month. Cody thinks it was the stress :(

He also came accross one of the Minnesota bucks from last year, that didn't make it through our hot sumer :(

Although I don't enjoy the actual hunting part (getting up at 4, shooting a gun) I enjoy the fellowship of it all and the scouting, and getting ready for hunting season and sharing something with my husband that he has a passion for. I also enjoy watching little kids enjoy the outdoors and getting excited about "the hunt" and then telling their story of how the day went and what they saw and when and how. they got what they wanted. It is also rewarding to see a father and son bond over "the hunt."